Preeti Ganguly
Actor, Film actor
1953 – 2012
Who was Preeti Ganguly?
Preeti Ganguly was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Hindi movies in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar, and part of the Ganguly family. She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha.
After she lost some 50 kg, her film roles dwindled and later in 1993, she started an acting school named after her father, 'Ashok Kumar's Academy of Dramatic Arts' in Mumbai, where he also took film appreciation classes. Years later, she appeared in Emraan Hashmi starrer, Aashiq Banaya Aapne.
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- Born
- May 17, 1953
Mumbai - Also known as
- Preeti Kumudlal Ganguli
- Priti Gangoli
- Preeti Gangoly
- Priti Gangooli
- Priti Ganguli
- Preeti Gangully
- Preeti Ganguli
- Preetiganguly
- Priti Deven Verma
- Palu
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 2, 2012
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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