Priti Sapru

Priti Sapru
Born Priti Sapru
(1957-12-24) 24 December 1957
Bombay, India
Other names Preeti Sapru
Priti Sapru Ahluwalia
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Utpal Ahluwalia

Priti Sapru (also spelled as Preeti Sapru, is a noted actress of the Punjabi cinema. She featured in a number of Punjabi hits including Nimmo, Yaari Jat Di and Qurbani Jatt Di among others with heroes like Veerendra, Gurdas Maan and Raj Babbar.

Personal life

She was born in a family of Kashmiri Pandit 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 the 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.[1]

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 joined BJP in Jagraon Fateh rally in Punjab in presence of Narendra Modi.

Filmography

Year Film Role Paired with
1981 Lawaaris Chano
1982 Ucha Dar Babe Nanak Da Channi Gurdas Mann
1982 Sarpanch Veerendra
1983 Avtaar Sudha Rajesh Khanna
1983 Aasra Pyar da Kiran Raj Babbar
1984 Nimmo Nimmo Veerendra
1984 Jagir (1984 film)
1984 Jigri Yaar
1984 Yaari Jatt Di Billo Veerendra
1987 Nazrana Sheetal Puri Rajesh Khanna
1990 Qurbani Jatt Di Jeeto/Preeto Gurdas Maan/Raj Babbar
1990 Aaj ka Arjun Mohan's wife Suresh Oberoi
1992 Mehndi Shagnan Di

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