Preity Zinta, actress and Punjab Kings co-owner recently lashed out at fake images circulating on social media that falsely showed her hugging Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi after their IPL 2025 match in Jaipur. Expressing her outrage, she said she was 'surprised' to see such photos doing the rounds.
On Tuesday (May 20), Preity took to her X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "This is a morphed image and fake news. Am so surprised now news channels are also using morphed images and featuring them as news items!"
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She also reposted another link to a regional news report about the same image with Vaibhav, and wrote, "Fake news with morphed image."
After the match against the Punjab Kings, the Rajasthan Royals shared a video on social media featuring Vaibhav having a chat with Preity. 'Nice meeting you,' the actress was heard saying to Sooryavanshi before stepping aside. The video, posted on RR’s X handle, was set to the song Koi Mil Gaya and captioned, 'Flex levels at school: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.'
However, the video does not seem to show Preity hugging Vaibhav.
The actress made her Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala in the lead. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the film was released in 1998.
Preity shot to fame with films like Soldier, Koi..Mil Gaya, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Veer Zaara, Salaam Namaste and Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna, among others.
The actress is all set to make her comeback with Lahore 1947, which also stars Sunny Deol and his son Karan Deol. The Rajkumar Santoshi directorial is backed by Aamir Khan Productions.
She was last seen in the movie Bhaiaji Superhit, which was released in 2018.
