Priti Sapru

Priti Sapru (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੀਤੀ ਸਪਰੂ), also spelled as Preeti Sapru, is a noted actress of the Punjabi cinema. She has given a number of Punjabi hits including Nimmo, Yaari Jat Di Qurbani Jatt Di and more with Veerendra, Gurdas Maan & Raj Babbar. Her work was the centre of a film festival in 2003 ^[1]

Personal life

She was born to a family of Kashmiri origin(settled in Punjab) in Bombay, India. Famous Bollywood Supporting character actor D.K. Sapru aka Sapru was her father and actor Tej Sapru is her brother. Actor Jeevan from the Bollywood era of 1950s and 1960s was her uncle and actor Kiran Kumar (real name Kiran Dhar) is her cousin. She did her schooling from St. Joseph's High School, Juhu, Bombay.^[2]

Preeti Sapru started her Bollywood career with an Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster hit Laawaris playing a village girl Channo, whose brother (played by Suresh Oberoi makes pottery to make their ends meet. Amitabh Bachchan saves her from the villain Ranjeet. The same team again appeared much later in Bachchan's another hit Aaj Ka Arjun where again Amitabh Bachchan saves her from the villain.

Preeti Sapru had worked with many other bigwigs like Rajesh Khanna and Sridevi.

Filmography

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References

External links

• Priti Sapru at the Internet Movie Database