Spicezee Bureau
Mumbai, Feb 16: After delivering a power packed performance last year in ‘The Last Lear’; Preity Zinta, the cute faced B-town beauty has bagged yet another feat as her much acclaimed performance in Deepa Mehta’s `Heaven on Earth` has earned the lass a nomination at the internationally acclaimed Genie Awards.
Nominated under the ‘Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role’ category, the spunky babe will be rubbing shoulders with Hollywood biggies like Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn. But what makes this news big is the fact that Preity’s nomination is the first ever nomination by an Indian in these awards.
While Preity has been nominated for her gung ho act in ‘Heaven on Earth’, Susan Sarandon has been listed for ‘Emotional Arithmetic’, Marianne Fortier for ‘Mommy is at the Hairdresser’s’ and Ellen Burstyn for ‘The Stone Angel’. The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) announced the nominations recently.
Seemingly delighted at the news, Preity told a news daily, “I am super excited. I have crossed my fingers and toes and everything else. I cannot stop smiling as Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn have been nominated under the same category as me. They both are Oscar winners. It is an absolute honour for me to find myself amidst such achievers. I cannot stop thanking Deepa (Mehta) for making me part of Heaven on Earth.”
Well, looks like Bollywood is taking the world by storm.
