She starred in the country’s three top grossing movies of the year: “Kal Ho Naa Ho” as Naina Catherine Kapur, “The Hero: Love Story of a Spy” as Reshma, and “Koi…Mil Gaya” as Nisha. A year later, she won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2004 Aspara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards for “Kal Ho Naa Ho”. She has been nominated for ten Filmfare Awards, winning two of them. Zinta was also nominated for an international Genie Award in 2008 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for “Heaven on Earth”. Her other TV and film credits include “Salaam Namaste”, “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”, “Heroes”, “Om Shanti Om”, “and “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom”. Zinta is a popular social activist and TV presenter who pens columns for BBC News Online. She founded a production company called PZNZ Media and has been involved in several prominent court cases in her native country, including the Bharat Shah case.