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{{Infobox person
| name = Preeti Ganguly
| image = 
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|5|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mumbai
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|02|1953|5|17|df=y}}<ref name=obit>[http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/ashok-kumars-daughter-and-actor-preeti-ganguly-passes-away-in-mumbai/ Ashok Kumar’s daughter and actor Preeti Ganguly passes away in Mumbai], bollywoodlife.com, 4 December 2012</ref>
| death_place = Mumbai
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Palu
| known_for = Comic roles in Hindi cinema
| occupation = Actress
| parents = [[Ashok Kumar]]<br/>Shobha Devi
| relatives = See [[Ganguly family]]
}}
'''Preeti Ganguly''' ({{lang-hi|प्रीति गाँगुली}}; 17 May 1953 – 2 December 2012<ref name=obit/>) was an [[India]]n 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A legacy lives on |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280225.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213235423/http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 July 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran actor Ashok Kumar passes away |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2001-12-10/news/27470778_1_ashok-kumar-film-industry-actor |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 Dec 2001 }}</ref> She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard [[Amitabh Bachchan]] fan in [[Basu Chatterjee]]'s ''[[Khatta Meetha (1978 film)|Khatta Meetha]]'' (1978).<ref>{{cite news |title=Unfair fun |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060827/spectrum/main5.htm |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=27 August 2006 }}</ref>

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).<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/20000113/faf09054.html 'To be an actor, discover your own self', (Interview)] at [[Indian Express]], 13 January 2000.</ref>

==Personal life==
Actor [[Deven Verma]] is married to her elder sister Rupa Ganguly.<ref>{{cite news |title= Deven Verma at a musical do|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/bollywood/29582249_1_musical-night-food-and-drinks-picture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910144731/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/bollywood/29582249_1_musical-night-food-and-drinks-picture |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 May 2011 }}</ref> Her brother, [[Aroop Kumar]], appeared in only one film, Bezuban, released in 1962. [[Kishore Kumar]], and actor [[Anoop Kumar]] are her paternal uncles and her paternal aunt is Sati Devi, married to [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] (brother of [[Subodh Mukherjee]]) of the [[Mukherjee-Samarth family (film)|Mukherjee-Samarth family]].

Preeti died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on 2 December 2012.<ref name=obit/>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Aashiq Banaya Aapne]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Tohfa Mohabbat Ka]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Uttar Dakshin]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Kranti]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Thodisi Bewafai]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Jhoota Kahin Ka]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Dillagi (1978 film)|Dillagi]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Khatta Meetha (1978 film)|Khatta Meetha]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Chor Ke Ghar Chor]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Damaad]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Aahuti (1978 film)|Aahuti]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Ankh Ka Tara]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Anmol Tasveer]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Dillagi (1978 film)|Dillagi]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Anurodh]]'' (1977) ...Manjeet
* ''[[Saheb Bahadur]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Balika Badhu (1976 film)|Balika Badhu]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Khel Khel Mein]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Rani Aur Lalpari]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Dhuen Ki Lakeer]]'' (1974)
8 ,, (swami) (1977)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|name=Preeti Ganguly|id=0304350}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian women comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]

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