Preeti Ganguly is an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Hindi movies in the 1970s and 1980s. She is the daughter of veteran Indian actor, Ashok Kumar. She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Khatta Meetha . She was typically cast as the funny oversized girl, with roles similar to Tun Tun and Guddi Maruti. Since then she has lost a lot of weight, and started an acting school named after her father. She was born on May 17. Deven...

Preeti Ganguly is an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Hindi movies in the 1970s and 1980s. She is the daughter of veteran Indian actor, Ashok Kumar. She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Khatta Meetha . She was typically cast as the funny oversized girl, with roles similar to Tun Tun and Guddi Maruti. Since then she has lost a lot of weight, and started an acting school named after her father. She was born on May 17. Deven Verma is her borther-in-law, who is married to her elder sister Rupa Ganguly. Her uncles are Kishore Kumar, Anoop Kumar, and aunt is Sati Devi.Preeti was born on May 17, to actor Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly alias Ashok Kumar and RattanBai. She was their only child. Her paternal grandfather was an Advocate, Kunjilal, and her grandma, Ghouri Rani Devi (nee Bannerjee), the sister of classical singer, Dhananjay Bannerjee. Her uncles are Anoop and Kishore Kumar, both well-known actors/singers in their own rights. She is cousin of Shomu, Joy and Deb Mukherjee. Shomu is actress Tanuja's husband, and father of actresses Kajol and Tanisha, as well as father-in-law of Ajay Devgan. Her aunts, through marriage to uncle Kishore Kumar, include Madhubala, Yogeeta Bali, Leena Chandavarkar.Following in the footsteps of her dad and uncles, she debuted in Parinay in 1974. She mostly played roles that provided a comical relief to viewers, in particular those of an overly healthy woman. Her career spanned from 1974 through to 1988 in a total of about 30 movies. After losing weight she made a come-back in 'Tum...Ho Na' and 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' in 2005.When she started to shed pounds from her body, she virtually stopped receiving offers, so much so that she decided to open an Acting School in Bombay, where she hopes to find talent to act in her TV series. Her dad used to teach Film Appreciation and actress Shabana Azmi also made teaching appearances. The acting course is approximately 6 months long, and can cater to a maximum of 15 students. Most of the students who enrolled in her school are from upper middle-class families.She is married to popular actor-comedian, Deven Verma.