Actress and owner of Mohali IPL team Preity Zinta says she portrays two faces of a Punjabi woman in her upcoming movies and feels a "karmic connection" with Punjab.
Though both are Punjabi women, the characters are as different as chalk and cheese, Preity told PTI in an interview.
Preity said her character in 'Heroes' is about Kuljit Kaur, a woman in rural Punjab who is "a woman of substance". While in Deepa Mehta's 'Heaven on Earth', Chand, living in Canada, is subjected to domestic violence.
"One film is about giving the woman a chance and letting her flower. While the other deals with the theme that you can ill-treat a woman but can't break her spirit," she added.
"Apart from owning the IPL team, I have now portrayed two faces of a Punjabi woman. Therefore, I feel a 'karmic' connection with Punjab." She said her gamble to take year's break from films has paid off. "Whether I am successful or not, will be decided by the audiences," she added.
Preity said she was not turning serious deliberately on screen. "Films are a reflection of what you are. I am not the bubbly, NRI girl anymore," she said.
The dimpled actress said she would from now on focus on characters which are closer to reality even while remaining in the mainstream, commercial format.
"I want to attempt roles which are unlike me in real life and bring respect to such characters on screen," she said, adding that she may do a regular, masala entertainer again.
