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Preity Zinta is leaving Bollywood for Harvard

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Natasha Sahgal Posted: Nov 04, 2009 at 0927 hrs IST
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Preity zintaShe’s also busy with the television show ‘Behind the Seams’ which she is hosting and producing.
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Preity Zinta is leaving Bollywood for B-school. “Yes, I’m going to the Harvard Business School to study a short executive course in negotiating and deal-making,” she says. “I thought that since I spend so much time in the US, I might as well use the experience better. I applied to Harvard and got accepted, so I’m quite kicked about going there next month.”

So does this keen interest in business mean we won’t be seeing her much on the big screen? “Not at all,” she says, “I want to make sure that I can balance acting and business. In fact, I’m currently buried under a pile of scripts and am reading each one to make sure that I don’t miss out on anything good. I want to do a role that I’ve never done before.”

She’s also busy with the television show Behind the Seams which she is hosting and producing. But Zinta admits that she hasn’t watched television for the past two months. “TV soaps have these close-ups of people in dark black kohl and it really scares me,” she says. “Reality shows are also staged, so there’s nothing real in them. So what’s there to watch?” Behind the Seams too is a kind of reality show as it takes you through the journey of the Kings XI Punjab team. “It’s a reality show but there’s no acting involved. It’s about cricketers and you really can’t expect cricketers to start acting,” she laughs.

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Preity Zinta goes hunting at Harvard by Manpreet on 2009-11-15 11:40:25.839447+05:30 As usual Preity Zinta's one more attempt to fish for some rich guy

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1 LIAR PREITY
by hari on 2009-11-18 00:48:01.677948+05:30Liar and hypocrite Preity is getting to be a clown now amusing herself with herself with lies and more lies

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PREITY ZINTA GETTING TO BE A JOKE by Priyanka on 2009-11-14 04:56:59.796195+05:30 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HER MAN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT SHE SO PROUDLY TOUTED OF??? DID THEY GROW FRAIL WITH A FAILING KAJRA RE IN MR AND MRS KHANNA THAT SHE NEEDS TO START MAKING PRESS STATEMENTS THAT SHE IS STUDYING NOW??

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Very funny by juhi on 2009-11-13 11:02:25.448491+05:30 I wonder why she needs to tell the whole world where she will be and when. Does she expect everyone to file applications to be with her - the great majesty that she thinks she is? I could roll on the floor laughing at these stunts.

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who cares by Brinda on 2009-11-09 10:01:38.580917+05:30 Ohhh preity is so dimpled. preity is so smart. preity is so cute. preity is so beautiful. preity is so well educated. preity is a zebra. preity is a kangaroo. preity is a lizard. Frankly my dear Preity no one cares what you do, who you do it with, where you do it and how you do it. So go fly a kite and stop cooking our ears

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Paid publicity by Jamie on 2009-11-09 09:58:21.750799+05:30 Does Preity know there are millions of Indians and others across the world with a Masters degree? Does she know that she is a small fry in this vast human pool? Does she realize that she sounds crazy patronizing herself all day long with these obviously paid media snippets? Does Preity think everyone else is foolish and she is the only smartest woman on earth? God someone needs to tell her she looks like an a$$ everytime she gloats about her inconsequntial actions. Why do we need to know about it all? Tell her no one cares. No one.

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restaurant owner by maheshwaru on 2009-11-06 21:32:07.598075+05:30 How much did she pay Harvard and then the media for this? The dame has gone nuts

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by mira on 2009-11-09 10:03:10.411338+05:30Exactly. I wonder how much money is she distributng to all these papers to carry all her stupid acts. She really has gone nuts

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Business Editor by Jehangir on 2009-11-06 21:23:54.073815+05:30 Preity seems to be suffering from a disease called "self-obsession". She keeps flattering her ego almost every day by these press releases. Dont be surprised if she makes a "public statement" if she catches a cold next...She is trying too hard to gain self importance one way or another and she is loosing out on everything precisely because of this obsession. I used to like her once, but now she gets on everyone;s nerves. She jus needs to take a HUGE break and get away, she is getting to be an eyesore now.

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don;t go by geeta on 2009-11-06 01:57:52.859258+05:30 plese don;t leave india every one loves you there even my brother plese don;t go

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dont leave bolywood by GUFRAN(GUFI) on 2009-11-05 15:42:32.271608+05:30 hi preity,i m a big fan of u.ur smile is so cute,my g.f is ame like u.v r incomplete without u,so plz dont leave bollywood.v want ur super hit movies. veer zara and kal ho na ho r my fav movies.i love u.

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Preity by Prabal on 2009-11-05 12:15:24.443134+05:30 We need a permanent break from Preity Zinta, her infantile comments, wrinkled face and an untoned body.

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Actress-Business Lady. by M.V.Muthu on 2009-11-05 06:47:16.613525+05:30 Atleast we have one simple celluloid lady. She has more or less moved out moviedom and has become a co-owner of an IPL Cricket Team, which brings with it all the business demands. Well done and good luck.

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1 Shilpa is better
by tyra on 2009-11-12 10:05:19.140584+05:30Paying money to buys some stake in something does not make you a business woman or man. If she does not even kow that we wonder what she really knows

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Does she really need a Harvard education? by M. Joshi on 2009-11-04 22:56:25.450843+05:30 Does pretty Ms. Preity really need a business degree for negotiations and deal making? All she has to do is flutter those eyes and flash that sparkling smile, and the other party will melt like wax. For particularly tough negotiations, she can simply bend forward and show a glimpse of her cleavage and she'll have a deal!

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1 Batting eyelids
by marriam on 2009-11-06 21:28:43.636729+05:30Any girl can bat eyelids. Is this how you propose anythin must get accomplished? And please, this patronizng worthless celebrities who would look more ordinary than your next door neighbor withut that makeup and those lights is getting too foolish now. Its passe to keep yapping about the same old dimple, she aint 12 now anymore. For god sake!

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