Arshad
Warsi
and
Preity
Zinta
share
an
identical
predicament.
They've
to
play
'bad'
actors
in
their
latest
films.
While
in
Anil
Kapoor's
production,
Shortcut,
Arshad
plays
bad
actor,
in
Rituparno
Ghosh's
Last
Lear
Preity
is
cast
as
a
bad
actress.
That
isn't
the
only
problem
the
actress
had
to
face.
Preity
had
a
very
real
problem
on
the
sets
of
Jahnu
Barua's
Harr
Pal.
Pritam
Chakraborty
has
done
the
music
score.
Every
time
someone
mentioned
his
name
she
thought
they
were
calling
out
to
her,
because
Pritam
is
the
name
given
to
her
by
Bobby
Deol.
Harr
Pal
has
been
one
of
Preity"s
toughest
roles
ever.
But
the
role
of
the
Punjabi
NRI
wife
in
Deepa
Mehta's
Heaven
On
Earth
has
been
her
toughest
yet.
She's
still
carrying
the
invisible
wounds
of
the
battered
wives'
character.
The
shooting
was
wrapped
up
on
Sunday.
Doing
Rituparno
Ghosh's
Last
Lear
posed
its
own
problems
for
Preity.
She
had
never
worn
a
sari
or
a
bindi
in
her
life.
"Suddenly
Ritu-da
asked
me
to
stick
on
bindis
that
were
almost
as
large
as
my
face.
Initially,
I
was
most
reluctant.
But
then
I
surrendered
completely
to
his
vision.
I'm
actually
looking
pretty
in
Last
Lear." Even
the
international
critics
have
noticed.
The
reviews
make
a
special
mention
of
Preity.
In
its
review,
Variety
mentions,
"It's
an
interesting
paradox
to
watch
a
star
like
Zinta
deliver
a
good
performance
as
a
woman
who's
widely
known
as
a
bad
thespian."
Story first published: Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 8:53 [IST]