Even though Kareena Kapoor was first choice for Naina, director Nikhil Advani says Preity Zinta understood her character like no one else could have.

For the dimpled actress, the year started on a seemingly bad note with two flops: Anil Sharma's spy drama The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy and Honey Irani's Armaan.

Come August, and Koi... Mil Gaya's super success, she was back in the reckoning.

Post Kal Ho Naa Ho, Preity's will be seen in Farhan Akhtar's Lakshya with Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan.

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