Hers is the dimpled face that's taken the world of celluloid by storm. However, the girl with an unusual name, Preity Zinta, is hardly unaccustomed to being rich and famous. The Delhiite who hails from a defence background, had already made her mark as a model while still in school.
Gradually, she moved up the glamour scale with landmark campaigns such as the Liril soap ad in the mid-'90s. This, along with her mischievous expressions and twinkling eyes in the Cadbury's Perk ad brought her to Shekhar Kapur's notice. The famed director was then looking for fresh faces to launch his film 'Tara Rum Pum Pum'.