Actress-businesswoman Preity Zinta, whose current legal conflict with ex-beau Ness Wadia scorched the headlines, is set to make a comeback with Neeraj Pathak’s Bhaiyyaji, in which she plays a bandit.
The film will also feature Sunny Deol as a gangster from Uttar Pradesh.
According to Pathak, Zinta has pulled off the role with aplomb.
“Preity plays a Uttar Pradeshwali [woman from Uttar Pradesh]. She plays a gangster’s daughter. She’s a no-nonsense gangster and Sunny Deol’s wife,” he added.
It is reported that Zinta’s transformation into a foul-mouthed, rustic bandit was so convincing that Deol wants to cast her as a Punjabi mother in the remake of Sohni Mahiwal, a film that the actor wants to do with his son in the lead.
Pathak said: “Preity’s interpretation of the firebrand wife’s character is bang on. She will not be seen as only for urbane, sophisticated roles after Bhaiyyaji.”
“We’ve 12 days of shooting left. We will complete the shooting post monsoon,” said the director.
In the past, Zinta had worked with both Sunny and Bobby in The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy and Soldier. Both the films were hits.
