‘Cinema Against Aids’ dinner and auction organized by amfAR (The Aids Foundation) at the new hotel Atlantis, The Palm, during the Dubai International Film Festival, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 12, 2008.

Actress Preity Zinta arrives at the “Heaven On Earth” premiere during the 2008 Toronto Internation Film Festival. Deepa Mehta was in attendance with her whole cast, including Preity Zinta for the screening on Saturday.

Preity, who is currently touring with the Bachchans on their ‘Unforgettable’ tour, plays the leading role of a young Indian Punjabi woman who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man, played by Vansh Bhardwaj.

Deepa Mehta’s next movie “Heaven On Earth” is to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival on 6 September at the prestigious Elgin theatre. Enjoy Preity Zinta’s photocall pictures from Toronto Film Festival for “Heaven On Earth”.

The dimpled damsel Preity plays a battered Punjabi housewife in Canada who is a victim of domestic violence In ‘Heaven On Earth’. Heaven on Earth is a forthcoming Canadian film directed and written by Deepa Mehta. Deepa Mehta penned the screenplay in 2007. She met Preity Zinta at the 2007 International Indian Film Academy Awards and offered her the role of a Punjabi houswife. Initially, Zinta could not commit to the project because of dates problems but they have been worked out and Zinta signed the film.

Sounds similar to Provoked ? Deepa Mehta says her film is very different from the one starring Aishwarya Rai .