Santa Zinta

Mandvi Sharma
[ 24 Dec, 2006 2013hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]


Preity Zinta gets into Santa's shoes and shows us what her goody bag contains.

Preity Zinta is confused. She just cannot make up her mind whether she wants to sound like a dumb chick or a politician when we asked her to decide a gift list for the world this Christmas. And then, the good sport that Preity is, she decides to be Santa Claus, plain and simple. And here is what Preity 'Santa' Zinta had in her goody bag...

Courage: I would give courage to people as a genetic thing... something people will have by birth. So that we can have more people like the college student who filed a PIL to reopen the Priyadarshani Mattoo case. This will go a long way in keeping society clean.

Pubbing and clubbing: I would have all the pubs and clubs open till really late so that youngsters can party the way they want to. Then, people will not have to drink like crazy before the 1 am deadline. They can party in a controlled way, and to their heart's content.

White Christmas: This year, it has been a white Christmas for many around the world. So, I would, as Santa, want everybody to have a warm bed. There is nothing worse then having a cold, sleepless Christmas night. So warm bed and hot soup is my third mantra.

No religion: I would like a religion-less society. It is religion that creates a divide between people, and not God. For there is just one God and he loves everybody. I think India should learn from the film industry where you have a Shah Rukh Khan and a Sunny Deol working together. Nobody questions me why I am working with a Muslim actor. We, in the industry, follow the religion of humanity.

That's for the world. Now for me: Please watch all my movies, and watch them in a theatre. On my part, I will make sure that I only do good movies, so that you can say that they were all paisa vasool!