Role Actress Other names Palu | Occupation Actress Name Preeti Ganguly Nieces Anuradha Patel | |
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Born 17 May 1953 ( 1953-05-17 ) Mumbai Known for Comic roles in Hindi cinema Siblings Bharti Jaffrey, Aroop Ganguly, Rupa Ganguly Cousins Amit Kumar, Shomu Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Sumit Kumar Similar People Died 2 December 2012 (aged 59) Mumbai | ||
Preeti ganguly Biography | Daughter of Ashok Kumar
Preeti Ganguly (May 17, 1953 – December 2, 2012) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood 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 (1978).
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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 (2005).
Personal life
Actor Deven Verma is married to her elder sister Rupa Ganguly. Her brother, Aroop Kumar, appeared in only one film, Bezuban, released in 1962. Kishore Kumar, and actor Anoop Kumar are her uncles and her aunt is Sati Devi, married to Sashadhar Mukherjee (brother of Subodh Mukherjee) of the Mukherjee-Samarth family.
Preeti died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on December 2, 2012.
Selected filmography
