Actress Preity Zinta marries in a secret ceremony

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has reportedly exchanged vows with boyfriend, financial consultant, Gene Goodenough in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles.

 The actress, 42, and her long-time boyfriend had an intimate wedding amidst close family members and friends.

 According to Emirates 247, the ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ star's LA wedding will be reportedly followed by a big, fat Rajput wedding in Mumbai.

 Her best friends Sussanne Khan and Surily Goel were also spotted in LA. While Sussanne posted a photo on Instagram with Surily, which further cemented the wedding rumours.

 Her Indian wedding, consisting of a three-day affair of sangeet and mehendi, in Mumbai will see the who's who of the film industry.

 Gene is a graduate from Marshall School of Business and currently works as a Senior Vice President of Finance NLine Energy, which is a US-based hydroelectric power company.

 Preity apparently met Gene during one of her US trips through her brother who lives in LA with his family.

 The wedding, sangeet and mehendi outfits will be designed by the actress' close friends Manish Malhotra and Surily Goel.

 The actress was earlier in a relationship with industrialist Ness Wadia. Ness and Preity, co-owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab, are believed to have dated for five years between 2005 and 2009.

 Preity and Gene have decided to direct all the hype and anticipation surrounding their wedding into a charitable cause.

 They will be putting their wedding images up for auction and the proceeds generated out of these will go towards the Preity Zinta Foundation.