Dimple-cheeked Preity Zinta turns 33

Preity Zinta, the vivacious, dimple-cheeked Bollywood star, celebrates her 33rd birthday Thursday with greater confidence in her abilities and demonstrating a little known business acumen with the recent bagging of the franchise of the Mohali team in cricket’s Indian Premier League.

Preity would have had a big do to mark the occasion had her professional commitments not come in the way, according to a source close to her.

However, she has ensured that the ‘big day’ in her life is not all work and no play. She will celebrate, but it will be a quiet one. Who are included in her private party’s guest list is also kept under wraps to avoid media scrutiny.

One person who will stand beside Preity to cheer her and sing “Happy Birthday To Dear Preity” the loudest will be her beau, Ness Wadia, the scion of the Wadia family who runs Bombay Dyeing.

Professionally, after a decade in the industry, Preity is now bold enough to tread on uncharted territories with a rare confidence to ensure that she carves her own niche in Bollywood - of course, with an eye on Hollywood.