Preity Zinta: Moments that changed her life (see pics)

Preity Zinta is one such Bollwyood brave actress who never had fear for standing for the right and condemning the wrong-doers. The Bollywood diva is known for putting her stance in front of the world regardless of consequences. Preity Zinta who made her debut in Bollywood industry with a partially small role opposite Shah Rukh Khan went on to become an overnight star with family drama 'Kya Kehna' in 2000.Preity since then went on to give some memorable performances like in, Sangharsh, Mission Kashmir, Dil Chahta Hai, Armaan, The Hero and many others.Born in to an army family in Shimla district, Preity Zinta lost her father in early days of her 13th year. Preity since her father's accident lived with her mother Nilprabha and two brothers Deepankar (1 year older) and Manish (1 year younger).The incident made her to mature at a tender age of 13 and Preity chose to live a life like a father lived with honesty and bravery.Take a look at some incidents from Preity's life which tells the tale of her heroic journey so far... Choosing Kya Kehna over other projects:While other actresses were choosing roles that would highlight them in glam frame, Preity did the unusual. She decided to go ahead with Kundan Shah's 'Kya Kehna', where she played the role of a teenager left pregnant by her lover and her journey for single parenthood thereafter.At that time the nation had to sit up and appreciate the courage with which Preity defied the outcast norms of Indian mentality.Her brave step won her wide recognition and applauds from the critics. She also won her first nomination for Filmfare Best Actress award the same year. She later chose to star in a male-dominated flick, Dil Chahta Hai. Despite her over compressed role, Preity made her presence felt in the entire movie. Opted to play surrogate motherSome topics were left untouched for the sake of not hurting the nation's privacy mode. When big banners were busy making multi-starrer family drama to bring the audience to movie theatres, Preity Zinta was busy ready the script of her next movie based on surrogacy.Preity decided to go ahead and play the role of a prostitute hired by a well-off family to be their unborn child's surrogate mother in 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'.This move of hers was however much criticized and with delay of one year due to the trial of film's producer Bharat shah, the movie failed to click the niche.Despite of all, Preity Zinta still went on to grab critics' aprreciation. Testified against producer Bharat ShahPreity Zinta shook the entire Bollywood industry when she decided to turn witness and testify against the producer (Bharat Shah) of her movie 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'.In 2003, Preity Zinta lift the lid over the secret involvement of Indian mafia within Bollywood. While all her co-stars turned hostile, Preity chose to stick to her statement and testifies against Bharat Shah over his connections with ‘Chota Shakeel', which resulted in his arrest.She confirmed her statement of reciving extortion threats by the mafia during the filming of 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'.Even Bollywood hot shots, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and many other retracted their statements but Preity Zinta stood by her statement. Following this she was given police protection and was kept out of the public eye for nearly two months.Her heroic step earned her 'Godfrey's Mind of Steel Award at the annual Red and White Bravery Awards' for the courageous act of standing against the Mumbai Underworld. Ever since then, Zinta has been the brand ambassador for the Godfrey Phillips Bravery awards. Filed F.I.R against ex-beau Ness Wadia for sexual molestationPreity Zinta never learnt to bend in front of wrong-doers and this time again she proved her courage to come out open and bring into light the incident which happened behind the doors.Preity Zinta in the late hours of 13th June 2014 filed an FIR against her ex-boyfriend and co-partner in IPL team Kings XI Punjab, Ness Wadia.In her FIR, she states, the Ness sexually molested and hurt her on May 30th during an ongoing IPL match between Kings XI Punjab & Chennai Super Kings.Ever since the news broke, Preity Zinta requested to media to cite her privacy and releases a statement saying, "This is a very difficult time for me and I would like to request the media to pls respect my privacy regarding this matter. My intention is not to harm anyone but only to protect myself."