Mumbai Police played party pooper at Bollywood actress Preity Zinta’s birthday bash after slum-dwellers in the neighbourhood complained of strident music on Sunday morning.

A police patrol team ‘called on’ Zinta’s flat in Quantum Park building in Bandra and ordered them to turn down the volume of the loudspeakers following complaints from other residents in the area, around 2 a.m., an official of Khar police station.

The police official told that the actress will be penalised as per the provisions for flouting noise pollution rules. A local resident, Irfan Shaikh, said that very loud music was played in the bash, which started late Saturday and continued till the early hours on Sunday.

“Whenever there is music or programmes in the slum areas, these people in big buildings complain against us and we have to shell out hefty fines. We also get disturbed and so we complained to the police,” he said media persons here on Sunday morning.

Shaikh stated that initially the police did not respond to their calls for help. It was only after repeated pleas that they intervened, he said, adding that soon after the police left; the volume was again turned full blast. It is understood that other Bollywood big shots, including Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan, Chunky Pandey and others were present at the birthday party.