Preity bonds with Jinnah’s daughter

Preity bonds with Jinnah’s daughter

Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia has been in Mumbai for a while now. Among the lucky few people who can get to meet her is actress Preity Zinta, Dina Wadia being her beau Ness Wadia's grandmother.



Preity says that every time she Dina Wadia, she comes away floored. Says Preity, “The first time I met Dina Wadia I stared at her open-mouthed. My goodness! She carries so much history within her.

Since then we’ve met over dinner and other social occasions several times. Each time I’m struck by her gentle demeanour , her classic elegance, and yes, her fragility.”

While speaking about one of her favourite women, Preity’s voice lights up. She continues, “She's so beautiful, so fragile. I was also struck by her unmistakable facial resemblance to her distinguished father (Jinnah).



They look like father and daughter all right! I've never seen two people who resemble one another so closely.”

Preity says she has met Dina Wadia both in Mumbai and abroad. “She lives in New York. But she visits Mumbai where she has close family. She carries an aura of unmistakable strength.

Every time I meet her there’s so much to imbibe from her. You know there're some people in this world who just carry an aura about them. She’s one of them.”

Dina Wadia in a file picture
The last time when they met Dina Wadia wanted to know about Preity’s IPL matches. “She has so much to tell. And I just want to sit and keep on listening to her.

She takes a lot of interest in my life. The last time we met she wanted to know all about the IPL matches.

I was surprised, why would someone of her stature want to know what I'm doing? She’s so important to our times as a woman and a figure in history and yet conveys so much joie de vivre in her attitude.”

Nana Patekar, uncensored!

After the success of last year's comedy, Welcome, Nana Patekar will be seen in another comedy, Horn Ok Please.

Welcome, which also starred Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Paresh Rawal, was a runaway hit. The film also featured Mallika Sherawat shaking it up with Nana and Anil in the song, Kiya Kiya.

Now, Nana's latest comedy is being directed by Rakesh Sarang and stars Rimi Sen in a double role, and model-turned actor Muzamil Ibrahim.

Aamir, SRK, power on

The only one-word definition for an actor like Aamir Khan is ‘genius’. And yet, there’s something even a star like him is deficient in. Not just Aamir, but a host of the country’s finest actors are lacking in what can be called ‘complacency’. Over the years, a sense of having achieved it all has never entered their minds. Actors on the wrong side of 40 are keen to keep it coming, and have now placed themselves behind the camera to whip up fresher, more entertaining cinema.

Amitabh Bachchan’s home production ABCL may have been a washout, but the Big B only emerged more powerful after that little fiasco. This probably inspired Shah Rukh Khan to come up with his own production house, Dreamz Unlimited, with Juhi Chawla. His three films under that banner did fair business, but the Badshah had more ambitious plans up his sleeve. This time he expanded his budget with Red Chillies Entertainment, and the fact that it was in collaboration with his wife Gauri truly made it a ‘home’ production. With last year’s Om Shanti Om, it was re-established that brand SRK sells like nothing else.

Aamir Khan finally decided to end his age-old scuffle with directors and producers, and took the driver’s seat. The result was a breath of fresh air, Lagaan, followed by Taare Zameen Par. Actors Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt have yet to prove a point with their respective banners, but Akshay Kumar and Sushmita Sen are set to make it more interesting with their own. The way things are going, Bollywood may have a nerve-wracking IPL of its own. An Indian Producers’ League, that is.

Akshay will trash a Yash Raj poster

Akshay will trash a Yash Raj poster

Akshay Kumar will express his displeasure at recent flop Tashan by trashing its poster.

Part of his finale piece at this year’s IIFA ceremony will witness the action hero make an entry diving feet forward into a huge Tashan poster used to promote the film by Yash Raj Films.

As a source says, “Apparently, this is Akshay’s way of showing what he thinks of Tashan!”