Preeti Ganguly

Preeti Ganguly
Born(1953-05-17)17 May 1953
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Died2 December 2012(2012-12-02) (aged 59)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesPalu
OccupationActress
Known forComic roles in Hindi cinema
Parent(s)Ashok Kumar
Shobha Devi
RelativesSee Ganguly family

Preeti Ganguly (17 May 1953 – 2 December 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.[1][2] She was best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha (1978).[3]

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 she also took film appreciation classes. Years later, she appeared in Emraan Hashmi starrer, Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005).[4]

  1. ^ "A legacy lives on". The Hindu. 28 July 2000. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Veteran actor Ashok Kumar passes away". The Economic Times. 10 December 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Unfair fun". The Tribune. 27 August 2006.
  4. ^ 'To be an actor, discover your own self', (Interview) Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Indian Express, 13 January 2000.