Updated On: 14 December, 2023 02:59 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Actor Preity Zinta has clarified that her real name is not Pritam Singh. She posted a video making a clarification on the same and also blamed Bobby Deol for the confusion

Preity Zinta
On Thursday, actor Preity Zinta took to Instagram to share a video clarifying the confusion behind her real name. The actress said there have been articles on the internet claiming that her birth name was Pritam Singh which she later changed to Preity Zinta. However, the actress clarified that there is no truth to it and also revealed the story behind the name Pritam Singh coming into existence.
In a video, Preity said that she has been asked multiple times if she has changed her name from Pritam Singh to Preity Zinta. She said that she has only added a G to her name, taking the initial of her husband`s name Gene Goodenough.