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Preity Zinta is not afraid to experiment and try new things.

At the peak of her career as an actress, she took the bold step of buying a cricket team. Today she is one of the proud owners of the IPL franchise, Kings XI Punjab.

Being a graduate of a business course from Harvard, she is anxious to put her knowledge to good use and try to give movie production a shot.

The bubbly actress has announced her first movie project titled 'Ishkq in Paris' to be directed by Prem Soni who did Main Aur Mrs Khanna that had Preity's extravagant item number to be a USP factor.

Though the project is announced, Other details regarding the project is still under consideration with the actress adding her excitement about starting out as a producer.

Rom-coms have always seemed to work in favour of actress-turned producer Preity Zinta. After all, films like Saalam Namaste and Dil Chahta Hai were some of her biggest hits till date. So, when she turned producer, it was perhaps only natural that Preity was biased towards this genre to kick start her production house.

A source close to Zinta says that chances are high that her debut film as a producer will also be a breezy romantic-comedy, which will give the audiences enough chances to flash their own dimples. “Preity thinks that today’s audience connects with rom-coms and that they are ageless. She has finalised on such a script that will be directed by Prem Soni. The film is fresh in its idea and, of course, Preity thinks that this is going to work with the audience.”

The actress is also apparently considering making another film which she doesn’t want to discuss because it is still in the planning stage. “The second film that she will be making is a little different and is still in the planning stage, so she doesn’t want to talk about it yet. But Preity doesn’t want to move drastically away from formula films. Preity wants to make out-and-out commercial films for the time being.”

With the launch of her production house, it is expected that the actress will now devote more time to the company than her cricketing duties but the source says that it is not the case.

“There’s no question that Preity will appoint somebody to look after her cricketing responsibilities. She is totally clued in there also. We are all wondering how she will manage both, but she is confident of her abilities.”

After actresses Dia Mirza, Lara Dutta and Ameesha Patel, it’s now time for Preity Zinta to turn filmmaker. Sources close to the actor confirmed that Preity is ready with her production house and will be producing two films initially.

“The plans have been finalised now.She’s in talks to produce two films and will be acting in one of them. She is having numerous meetings and story sitting sessions and is hunting for more scripts right now,” confirmed a close friend of the actress.

Sources also say that the first film that will be off the block will be a collaboration project with filmmaker Prem Soni. Preity did a guest appearance for his last film in an item song.

“Prem Soni and Preity recently met and Prem narrated the script (which is tentatively titled Paris). Preity also evinced interest in playing the female lead of the film and Prem readily accepted the offer. The hero of the film has not been decided yet,” the source adds. Preity’s second film is also been locked in while the star-cast is yet to be decided.

“Preity has been toying with the idea of opening a production house for a long time. Long before Ameesha and Dia thought of doing it. But because she was so busy with her TV assignments, she didn’t get a chance to take it further. Right now, the sole focus of her attention will shift to her production company,” the source adds, maintaining that she will still be committed to her cricket team when the games season begin again.

However, this doesn’t mean that Preity is going to cut down on her acting assignments. “She’s open to everything that she’s been doing so far. The production house will only do one or two films a year depending on exigencies. Preity will continue to work the way she’s been working and is eager to sign a good movie soon,” the source ends.

Salman Khan attempts to break the Guinness World Record for getting the maximum number of kisses.

What's up with Salman Khan and his kissing ways? Just yesterday we reported that Salman Khan is finally 'ready' to kiss costar Asin (on cheek of course). And soon he will be making news for another kissing escapade.

Apparently Salman Khan has attempted to break the record for getting the maximum number of kisses. And before your minds start working overtime, let us reveal that the kisses were offered to him on his hand.

Salman Khan shot a special episode of the Indian version of Guinness World Records which is hosted by Preity Zinta. In this particular episode Salman Khan was asked to attempt breaking the record of getting the most number of kisses on his hand. The earlier set world record was of 87 kisses.

We don't know whether Salman was able to break the record but it sure makes for some 'breaking' news.