Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in

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and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and her Hindi debut with the multi-starrer romantic film ''

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'' (2000), for which she earned the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. After appearing in Rajshri Productions music album ''Yeh Hai Prem'' in 1997, Jhangiani went on to work in various languages. She is known for her work in the Telugu films '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Narasimha Naidu'' (2001) and the Hindi films '' Awara Paagal Deewana'' (2002), '' LOC: Kargil'' (2003) and '' Aan: Men at Work'' (2004). For her portrayal of a lower caste woman in '' Taawdo the Sunlight'' (2017), she won the Best Actress award at the Rajasthan Film Festival.

Early life

Jhangiani was born on 18 August 1980, in

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, into a Sindhi

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family. She completed her schooling from G D Somani Memorial School, Mumbai and partially attended

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, Mumbai but never graduated.

Career

Jhangiani first appeared in a Rajshri Productions music album ''Yeh Hai Prem'' opposite Abbas. This made them—as well as the

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symbol used in the album—famous. Thereafter, she appeared in Nima Sandal soap ads and also various other ads Her first film was in

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alongside Malayalam star

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which was called '' Mazhavillu'' (1999). She then acted in two Telugu films, '' Thammudu'' (1999) opposite Pawan Kalyan and '' Narasimha Naidu'' (2001) opposite Balakrishna. ''Thammudu'' released before ''Mazhavillu''. She made her

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debut in 2000 with ''

''. Her next film was the comedy '' Awara Paagal Deewana'' (2002). She also acted in Punjabi films such as ''Sajna ve Sajna'' and Bikkar Bai Sentimental (2013). Her latest release was the Rajasthani film (Rajjywood), Taawdo the Sunlight (2017) for which she won the Best Actress award at the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), and won special jury award for best actress in Rajasthan Film Festival 2017, Film was successful at boxoffice, Recently she appeared in The Pushkar Lodge. Her latest release was the Bengali Movie Mistake directed by S.K Bangalore in the year 2013 and it was based on mistakes of our society which effect the student career. Good written script and Direction was superb. It was released globally. Preeti stated in 2012 that she'd be making a comeback in the film industry after matrimony and motherhood.

Personal life

Jhangiani and actor

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met on the sets of ''With Love Tumhara'' in 2006. She and Dabas got married on 23 March 2008. Their first child, a son Jaiveer, was born on 11 April 2011. She gave birth to her second son Dev on 27 September 2016. She lives in

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with her family.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Music video

Accolades

References

External links

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