Bollywood actor Preity Zinta has said on Wednesday that North India should learn from the Northeast the social status it confers on the "girl child" and its woman in the society. She said she was impressed by the matrilineal society in Meghalaya, which holds women in high regard. She has been in Shillong for the last 10 days for the shooting of Jhanu Barua's 'Har Pal'. In the film, she plays a local Shillong girl. Zinta said that she has been involved with women-oriented programs and has been working for their betterment. She said she was amazed by the beautiful landscape of Shillong and wonders why Bollywood films were not shot here regularly. She feels Shillong has huge potential for becoming a shooting location as it has picturesque landscape, rolling hills and water falls.
Preity was very excited in Shillong as her love interest Ness Wadia, a top industrialist, accompanied her there. Over the weekend Preity also had one of her dreams come true. She attended a concert by one of her favorite rock bands Mr Big and also got invited on stage by the band's lead singer Eric Martin. She says her life's dream was fulfilled as she used to listen to Mr Big's 'Wide World' and 'Just To Be With You' during her school days. Apart from it, she was further surprised that Mr Big's villa was just close to her place in Shillong. What a bag of surprises?
