Indian Actress make her international mark with a landmark achievement by winning prestigious best actress award ” The Silver Hugo” for stunning performance as the battered Punjabi wife grappling with domestic violence in Deepa Mehta’s Heaven On Earth at the 44th Chicago Film Festival on October 25.

Preity Zinta has been in news for this movie particularly when the movie was premiered at Toronto Film Festival last month. She has played a role of Punjabi wife who is struggling to keep her dreams despite brutal realities.

Unfortunately Preity was not able to receive the trophy the the director of the movie. But when she was asked for her words on this in India she says she is very happy with the kind of acknowledgement she get for the role she played in Heaven on Earth.

She also mention that , “I am so happy and excited. I’m going to have a blissfully debauched celebration this evening. It was my director Deepa Mehta who informed me on Saturday afternoon that I had won. Neither Deepa nor I could go to Chicago, I’m thrilled that I’ve done it without any lobbying.”

Further she admits that, “I’m walking on sunshine. Do you know everyone discouraged me from doing Heaven On Earth and Heroes? But I wanted a change.”

Congrats to Preity on these wonderful achievement.