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      Preity Zintas car damaged by press covering the party for Oprah

      CarTrade Editorial Team

      CarTrade Editorial Team

      On January 17, 2012, socialite Parmeshwar Godrej organised a party to welcome Oprah Winfrey, the biggest talk show host in the world. Preity Zinta, the Bollywood actress, however left the event on a bad note as her car was damaged by the paparazzi waiting to cover the event.

      According to the actress, the evening had gone splendidly till the press jumped on the car for a quote from her. This damaged her car, with scratches and dents all over and broken side mirrors. She had even tweeted on microblogging website Twitter that someone was nearly killed in the fracas. The actress expressed her frustration with the media, saying that that if someone from the media had been hurt in the melee, it would have become prime time news. This happened despite the presence of two police vans and at least 10 security personnel.

      Oprah Winfrey had been to the Bachchan residence, Jalsa, before the event started to see the newly born daughter of Abhishek and Aishwarya. After her visit to Jalsa, she was driven to the Godrej party by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan himself, along with his son and daughter-in-law.

      Oprah Winfrey is here to record a new show called Next Chapter and participate in the upcoming Jaipur Literature Festival. The event to honour Oprah Winfrey on her first visit to the country was held at the Juhu residence of Parmeshwar Godrej. The party was attended by the likes of Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty and Lara Dutta, among many others. Apart from the huge turnout of Bollywood stars, celebrities like novelist Shobhaa De and jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali were also present at the event.