Preity On Her ‘First Love’ Who Died In A Car Crash

‘My
first
love
died
in
a
car
crash
so
this
film
always
hit
different.’

Preity
Zinta
recently
opened
up
about
losing
her
‘first
love’
in
a
car
accident
during
a
Q&A
session
with
fans.

It
all
started
when
a
fan
asked
her
about
the
heart-wrenching
climax
in

Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho,
when
Shah
Rukh
Khan
is
on
his
death
bed.

A
fan
wrote:
‘Ma’am
every
time
I
watch

Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho,
I
cry
like
a
kid.
You
absolutely
nailed
Naina
Catherine
Kapur.
Learnt
a
lesson
as
well
that
is
love
sometimes
means
letting
go.
When
you
watch

Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho
after
20
years
of
shoot,
do
you
cry
like
us?
#pzchat.’

Preity
replied:
‘Yes
I
cry
when
I
see
it
and
I
cried
when
we
were
filming
it
too!

‘My
first
love
died
in
a
car
crash
so
this
film
always
hit
different.
Fun
Fact
–
Most
scenes
all
actors
cried
naturally…
and
Aman’s
death
scene
had
everyone
crying
in
front
of
the
camera
and
behind
it
too!’

Preity’s
‘first
love’
that
she
referred
to
was
her
father,
Major
Durganand
Zinta,
who
died
in
a
car
accident
in
1988.
Preity
was
13
then.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff