The story of two youngsters who have the time to follow fashion trends, live the good life and waste precious hours too. These youngsters set out on a journey through India and come across different people in different parts of the country who act as an inspiration for them,” says Preity Zinta gravely. That’s what her latest film, Heroes is all about, she says. The film is a multi-starrer with a cast that includes Preity and Salman Khan, Sohail, Khan, Vatsal Seth, Amrita Arora, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny and Bobby Deol among others.
Apparently, each of these stars has a story of their own in the film, so which story according to Preity is the most interesting? “Salman and mine, of course,” she says smiling mischievously. “It was a lot of fun sitting under trees, plucking mangoes, milking cows and chasing goats,” she says about her shooting experience. The film comes across as patriotic, so is there a message for the youth? “Absolutely not. I find films that lecture the most boring. I will never do a film that lectures. I’m happy because I’ve always wanted to do earthy, rural roles, and people said I could never look poor and couldn’t be given such roles,” she goes on. A lot of actors have recently played Sardars in their films.
There was Akshay, Sunny and now Salman. Who, according to Preity, makes the best Sardar? “Salman, definitely,” she says seriously. “He grew a beard over two weeks for the role. I’ve never complimented a co-actor for his looks on sets, but when I saw Salman I couldn’t help admiring him,” she remembers. Salman is a very good friend of the actress, so is Shah Rukh. Would she like to play peacemaker between them, like Rani? What does she have to say about no longer being the ‘Yash Raj heroine’? Is marriage to Ness Wadia on the cards?
