Priti Sapru
| Priti Sapru | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Priti Sapru 24 December 1961 Bombay, India |
| Other names | Preeti Sapru Priti Sapru Ahluwalia |
| Occupation | Actress filmmaker |
| Spouse(s) | Upvan 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.
Preeti Sapru is eminent personality from Hindi & Punjabi Film Industry. Sapru familyused to live in a plush bungalow at Bandra. She studied in St.Joseph's High School,Juhu, Bombay.Pritis Grandfather held the absolutely position of ‘Treasurer’ at Dogra Kingdom.She is married to Mr Upvan Sudarshan Ahluwalia,a practicing architect. Priti has twin daughters Riya Walia and Rene Walia.She is proficient in Hindi, English, and Punjabi languages. Priti Saprus entire family is phenomenally successful in Bollywood. Well known actor D.K. Sapru who acted in more than 350 films was her father and yesteryear actress Hemavathi Sapru was her mother. D. K. Sapru was the discovery of the great V. Shantaram while his wife Hemavathi was chosen by the pioneering Bollywood family head Prithviraj Kapoor. Actor Tej Sapru is her brother while Ms. Reema Rakesh Nath who is a distinguished film writer for the super hit films like Saajan, Mohabbat is her sister. Priti started her career at the age of 13. She started her career with the film"Habari" in the year 1979. Through her easy walk on screen and charming her charm she bagged the movies like "Lawaris", "Avtaar" and many more to her kitty with the legends of Bollywood like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Jitendra and alike. She was seen in lead roles in Punjabi movies, and as leading & supporting actress in numerous Hindi movies also. Priti was the pioneer on the album activity through "Bhangra Gidda" in the year 1990. She has an ability to constantly check out for some innovative ideas towards the entertainment industry. She is not only an actress but also a writer for films like "Zameen –Asmaan" with stars like Shashi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt,Rekha, Anita Raaj etc in the year 1983. She successfully directed and produced the Punjabi movies like 'Qurbani Jatt Di'. She was also the writer for this movie which did some great box office collection and entertained the Punjabi audience for long time. She launched the first Punjabi channel (Alpha), which was a part of Zee at that time, long back in Chandigarh.
Priti is not only active in the film fraternity but also understands the social responsibility and thus have worked to fulfil the same. Priti was active in initiating the relief rally for earthquake victims in Jammu & Kashmir and have also participated in various social activities in Punjab as she thinks that the congress governance is not up to the mark due to which a common man has to fight for basic amenities every day. She is active forwarding donations or any other help required for the NGO’s like Balbhavan, Cathetrine home, and Premnidhi etc.
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