"I never made a conscious effort to only do Indian roles" - Preety Jhangiyani
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By Super Admin
By:
Faridoon
Shahryar,
IndiaFM
Monday,
May
01,
2006
"I
am
yet
to
see
someone
as
dedicated
as
Karisma
Kapoor," says
Preety
Jhangiyani.
The
actress
desperate
for
a
change-in-image
is
excited
about
her
British-Punjabi
film
Sajna
ve
Sajna
that
is
also
marking
as
the
debut
vehicle
for
remix-pasha
Bally
Sagoo.
"Sajna
Ve
also
stars
Dalip
Tahil
and
Daljeet
Kaur
and
it
is
extensively
shot
in
Scotland.
I
am
very
excited
about
this
project,"
she
says.
Her
last
film
Chaand
Ke
Paar
Chalo
with
an
unknown
team
went
unnoticed
while
her
other
films
like
Chahat
Ek
Nasha
and
Ssukh
bombed
at
the
box
office.
"Chahat
was
not
promoted
properly
and
it
ended
up
looking
as
if
it
was
a
B
or
C
grade
film.
Though
there
was
nothing
really
vulgar
about
it,
the
entire
Chahat
experience
has
left
me
determined
not
to
let
it
happen
again.
Heroines
are
vulnerable
to
exploitation."
Preeti
Jhangiyani,
the
demure-n-simple
damsel
charmed
her
way
to
the
hearts
of
millions
with
the
Chui
Mui
Si
Ek
Ladki
music
video
series
for
Rajshri.
In
her
debut
film
Mohabbatein,
she
was
appreciated
as
an
actress
of
caliber.
Hits
like
Awara
Paagal
Deewana
followed
but
Preeti's
performance
in
this
comic
caper
was
listless
and
jaded.
She
tried
for
an
image
makeover
with
a
raunchy
Punjabi
Pop
video
and
ended
up
smooching
Aryan
Vaid
in
a
washout
film
like
Chaahat
Ek
Nasha.
We
hesitatingly
popped
up
the
question,
is
she
happy
with
the
way
her
career
is
progressing?
"I
am
happy
with
the
way
things
are
going.
I
am
also
working
on
another
project
called
With
Love
Tumhara
starring
Nakul
Vaid
and
Praveen
Dabas.
I
am
getting
author
backed
roles
and
it's
better
to
do
smaller
films
as
I
was
fed
up
of
the
multi-starrers.
One
does
get
noticed
in
a
big
film,
but
I'd
rather
do
what
I
am
more
satisfied
with."
Yash
Chopra
didn't
repeat
you
after
Mohabbatein.
"I
am
very
close
to
Chopras.
I
will
always
be
grateful
to
them
for
what
they've
done
for
me,"
she
says
diplomatically.
What
was
the
idea
in
doing
slightly
bold
roles
as
it
wasn't
expected
from
her?
"I
had
never
made
any
conscious
effort
to
do
only
Indian
roles.
I
think
one
must
play
different
roles."
Your
stint
down
South
has
been
a
successful
one.
"Yes,
I've
given
huge
hits
like
Thammudu
with
Pavan
Kalyan
and
Narsimha
with
Balkrishna.
But
I
don't
have
plans
to
completely
focus
only
on
South
films."