How
Preity
Bagged
Her
First
Break
On
Screen
With
A
Perk
Ad
"My
first
ad
for
Perk
chocolates
happened
purely
by
chance.
I
was
at
a
friend's
birthday
party
where
I
met
Kunal,
an
ad
filmmaker.
Two
days
later,
he
called
me
saying
that
he
had
written
an
ad
script
keeping
me
in
mind.
He
forced
me
to
come
for
auditions.
Although
I
was
apprehensive,
I
thought
what
harm
could
come
from
just
auditioning
-
there
would
be
five
people
there
and
why
would
anybody
pick
me?
Only.
instead
of
five,
there
were
50,
and
I
got
selected
after
saying
just
two
lines
with
the
chocolate
in
hand."
When
Preity
Opened
Up
About
The
Most
Defining
Moment
In
Her
Life
"I
went
to
boarding
school
in
Simla
because
my
father
was
in
the
army.
I
was
quite
a
tomboy,
good
in
studies
but
always
outdoors.
Playing
basketball
and
getting
into
scrapes
was
what
I
enjoyed
the
most.
My
father
would
take
me
to
the
golf
course
--
he
was
trying
to
teach
me
the
game,
but
I
was
awful
at
it.
Life
was
pretty
normal
till
I
turned
13
and
my
father
died
in
a
car
accident.
My
mother
was
with
him
at
the
time.
She
was
severely
hurt
and
was
bedridden
for
two
years.
I
think
that
was
the
first
turning
point
in
my
life," the
actress
had
revealed
in
a
Rediff
interview.
Array
After
graduating
with
English
honours
degree
from
St.
Bede's
college
in
Shimla,
the
actress
earned
a
postgraduate
degree
in
criminal
psychology.
Not
Dil
Se,
It
Was
This
Film
Which
Preity
Had
Signed
For
Her
Bollywood
Debut
Even
though
Dil
Se
had
released
first,
which
marked
her
debut,
Soldier
was
the
first
film
she
had
signed,
and
finished
shooting
for,
before
Dil
Se.
Jab
Preity
Met
Gene
"I
met
him
in
Santa
Monica
in
Los
Angeles.
Then
we
dated
for
five
years
and
we
finally
got
married,"
the
actress
had
opened
up.