3 min learnNew DelhiAug 11, 2026 01:02 PM IST
Actor Preity Zinta, who has not appeared in any mainstream Hindi movie in virtually over a decade, is making her massive Bollywood comeback with Sunny Deol in Aamir Khan’s production Batwara 1947. Preity, Sunny and Aamir just lately appeared on the opening episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 18, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, and spoke about their movie, together with discussing the numerous anecdotes from their life within the motion pictures. In the course of the chat, Preity recalled her first interplay with Sunny Deol and shared that he yelled at her as a result of he referred to as his residence late at night time.
Preity was requested concerning the distinction between the Deol brothers’ personalities, Sunny and Bobby, and he or she shared that they’re poles aside. “Bobby is my buddy. I’ve recognized him even earlier than he and I made our debut within the motion pictures. Bobby had a van and all of us used to exit in that van,” she recalled.
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She then shared that sooner or later, when she was out with all of her associates, they determined to name Bobby and let him know that they had been coming over. Preity was given the duty of constructing the decision, and to her shock, it was Sunny who took the decision. Again then, the dependable mode of communication was landline telephones, as cell telephones had not gained a lot recognition in India on the time.
“I referred to as. I didn’t know that his dhai kilo ka haath would take the decision,” she mentioned, making a reference to Sunny’s common dialogue about his sturdy hand. Recalling the episode, Sunny and Preity broke into laughter as she continued, “I mentioned, ‘Hello, can I converse to Bobby please?’ I feel it should have been 10:30-11 pm at night time. And he mentioned, ‘Is that this the time to name anybody’s residence?’”
Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta in a nonetheless from Soldier.
Preity recalled that she received flustered and simply hung up the decision. She mentioned that she was all the time “very nervous” round him within the early days and it took her 2-3 movies to interrupt the ice with Sunny. They’ve labored collectively in movies like The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and Farz.
Sunny then shared his facet of the story and mentioned, “We weren’t allowed to exit after 8 pm. And it was round 10:30 pm. I see Bobby as my son, so I used to be all the time very strict with him, when it comes to self-discipline, however he would sneak round so much.” Preity mentioned that this was across the identical time when Bobby had simply met his spouse Tanya. The 2 received married in 1996.
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Preity and Bobby have labored extensively in Hindi movies in common movies like Soldier and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Preity even made a particular look in Sunny’s Dillagi, which starred Bobby within the lead function with Sunny and Urmila Matondkar.
