Preity Zinta: 5 low points of her life

Preity Zinta's story of her journey in Bollywood and the success she achieved thereafter is a chapter right from the fairy tales. However, things didn't remain the same for the dimpled beauty who has been on and off caught up in controversies. Read on to know the five low points of the bubbly Preity Zinta's life.


Molestation charges- Believe it or not but Preity Zinta has pressed molestation charges against her former boyfriend Ness Wadia. According to news reports floating in the media currently, Preity has lodged a written complaint against Wadia with the Marine Drive police station late on June 13, 2014. Preity has alleged that Ness touched her inappropriately in full public view and hurled abuses at her during the play-off between Punjab and Chennai in Mumbai on May 30, 2014. Earlier, TV channels quoted Wadia as denying the allegations against him as "totally false and baseless". The police may contemplate any action against Wadia only after questioning witnesses and examining video clips of the IPL match in Mumbai when the alleged incident of molestation took place. Preity's former love Ness Wadia has expressed shock and shown his disgust towards the entire incident.

According to a Mumbai Mirror news report, the incident occurred in the Garware Pavilion at Wankhede stadium during the play-off between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings on May 30. According to Preity's complaint, Ness, who was her business partner and a co-owner of Kings XI Punjab before a fallout between the two in 2009, turned aggressive when he tried to speak to her and was cold shouldered. "Ness held me by my arm and tried to pull me towards him. When I resisted, he began abusing me," the actress has said in the complaint. Some of Preity's friends and team officials intervened, Ness abused them too. "Even when he was dragged away, he kept screaming and threatening me," she has said. Preity and Ness were one of business-Bollywood's most-talked-about couples for nearly five years.

Financial problems- Before she pressed molestation charges against Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta was in the news for another reason. The actress is rumoured to be going through a financial crisis. While Preity has brushed those rumours aside, off and on news reports alleging Preity's monetary problems have been making headlines. Preity produced the debacle 'Ishkq In Paris' and reports of her alleged money problems have come to the forefront ever since. During interviews at that time, Preity confessed that Salman Khan offered to help her financially. The reports have resurfaced after Preity put her apartment where she had been living for many years up for rent. Preity's track record apparently has been fanning the gossip stories even more as writer-director Abbas Tyrewala who wrote 'Ishkq In Paris' slapped a case against the actress for non-payment of dues.

Preity got entangled in another financial dispute and this time with late Shandar Amrohi and his family. According to reports, Preity had given Rs 2 crore to Shandar Amrohi to fight legal battles on assurance it would be returned. But before this could happen, Amrohi passed away. After his death, Preity reminded the Amrohi’s family regarding the refund of the outstanding amount but her requests fell on deaf ears. Following this, the actor has now moved to the Bombay High Court and filed a suit seeking to recover a principal amount of Rs 2 crore and Rs 80 lakh calculated at an annual rate of 18 percent from the day after Amrohi passed away (August 22, 2011). Though Preity is seeking recovery of the money from the Amrohi’s family, Shandar's brother Tajdaar has rubbished her claims, and stated that they will decide their next course of action when the time comes.

Debacle of a comeback- Preity Zinta was more than a pretty face during the prime of her career but the actress' efforts of a comeback failed like no other. Preity made a
comeback into films as the leading lady in the film she produced herself 'Ishkq in Paris'. The film bombed at the box-office and Preity's second innings in Bollywood shattered. Once a Yash Chopra heroine who starred in the director's most ambitious 'Veer-Zara', Preity Zinta today finds herself with no work than a few item numbers to her credit. While Preity spent a fortune producing 'Ishkq In Paris', she didn't get the expected returns and there are no more lucrative film offers for her.

Break-up with Ness Wadia- Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia's relationship was the talk of the town and the couple in their five years being together had the limelight on them. Till one day, when Preity Zinta walked out of the relationship and called it quits. Apparently, it is believed that Ness had a roving eye and the rich industrialist boy's match with a bubbly Bollywood star wasn't meant to last. It was common knowledge that Ness' mother Maureen Wadia disapproved of his match with Preity Zinta and even called her a zebra in an interview. Ness being a mama's boy, the relationship had to go kaput!

Threatened by the underworld- Unlike most of her colleagues in the film industry who succumb to the pressure of the underworld, actor Preity Zinta stood out in that respect and headed straight to the courts after she was threatened by the underworld. It all started when Preity received threatening calls from the underworld while she was shooting for the film 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke; in 2000. Zinta told the sessions court in Mumbai that she received a call from a man who said, "Main bhai ka aadmi Razak bol raha hoon aur mujhe 50 lakh chahiye". The producers of the film Bharat Shah and Nazim Rizvi had been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). While the brave Zinta girl was lauded for her guts, Preity surely had to go through a lot and can be easily termed as the biggest low of her life.