{"id":844580,"date":"2026-08-05T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844580\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:04:14","slug":"preity-zinta-says-her-kids-are-half-indian-and-half-american-but-culturally-one-hundred-percent-indian-grateful-that-i-have-a-cool-husband-whos-okay-with-me-going-off-for-two-months-for-wo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844580\/","title":{"rendered":"Preity Zinta says her kids are half-Indian and half-American, but culturally one hundred percent Indian: ‘Grateful that I have a cool husband who\u2019s okay with me going off for two months for work’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Preity After stepping away from lead roles for over a decade, Preity Zinta<\/a> is preparing for a fresh innings in Bollywood. Her last full-fledged theatrical release was Ishkq In Paris (2013), followed by brief appearances in Happy Ending and Welcome To New York. She was later seen in Bhaiaji Superhit (2018), a film that had originally been slated for release in 2012. By then, however, the actor had already relocated to the US and taken a break from the film industry.In 2016, Preity married Gene Goodenough, and the couple welcomed twins via surrogacy in 2021. Now, she is set to return to the big screen with Batwara 1947, releasing this August, followed by Vibe, co-starring Kunal Kemmu<\/a>, which is expected to arrive in theatres in September. While she is excited about acting again, she admits she never really longed to return to work.\u201cI would be lying if I say I missed the camera. I was enjoying having a family, bringing up my kids and focusing on my personal life. However big my career milestones may be, my greatest milestone was to have children and a family. And that\u2019s why I could identify so much with this film (Batwara 1947). Even though it\u2019s 2026, my number priority is still my family,” she says.As a mother to twins\u2014a son and a daughter\u2014Preity makes it clear that she has no plans to dive back into acting on a full-time basis. She also reveals that long-format streaming projects are not on her radar, despite many of her peers embracing the OTT space.\u201cI\u2019m not sure about doing a series to be honest because they take too much time and I\u2019ve little children,” she says.The actor credits her husband for making her selective return to films possible by supporting her work commitments in India, even if it means being apart for weeks.\u201cI\u2019m grateful that I\u2019ve a very cool husband who\u2019s okay with me going off for two months and coming back, especially since we\u2019ve kids at home. So, yes, anything that excites me, I would love to do for sure. But series ka toh pata nahi,” the Veer Zaara and Krrish actor remarks.Explaining why web series are not a practical option at this stage of her life, she adds, \u201cA series will require me to work for six-eight months. What\u2019s the point if I\u2019m not there for my children? A lot of people work because they don\u2019t have the choice. But when you\u2019ve the choice, you\u2019ll also have to make the right choice. My choice right now would be \u2013 at least when my kids are still very little \u2013 to not be too away from them.”Speaking about raising her children in a multicultural environment, Preity says she hopes they inherit the strongest values from both India and the US, while acknowledging the significant role she plays in shaping their upbringing.\u201cMy kids are half-Indian and half-American. But culturally, they\u2019re one hundred percent Indian. Most values come from India. It\u2019s just the way it is. Mothers are more involved, especially jab bachche chhote hote hai. But I would like my kids to imbibe the best values from both countries. That\u2019s my hope.”She also reflects on how becoming a parent has transformed her outlook on life and taught her that parenting comes with realities no amount of preparation can fully predict.\u201cBeyond that, there\u2019s no hard and fast rule and you can\u2019t control anything. All we can do is try and do our best as a parent. Before I had kids, I had a million opinions on life post motherhood. But now, I\u2019ve realised that there are limitations in terms of what you can do,” adds Preity, who will reunite with Sunny Deol for the fourth time in Batwara 1947.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After stepping away from lead roles for over a decade, Preity Zinta is preparing for a fresh innings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,416475,416474,447,416476,134,291720,56951,416478,416477,37370,416473,416479],"class_list":["post-844580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-batwara-1947-release","tag-bollywood-return-news","tag-celebrities","tag-cultural-upbringing-of-children","tag-entertainment","tag-gene-goodenough","tag-kunal-kemmu","tag-motherhood-and-career-balance","tag-parenting-insights-from-preity-zinta","tag-preity-zinta","tag-preity-zinta-kids","tag-surrogacy-and-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}