Preeti Jhangiani is an Indian model and actress. Jhangiani first appeared in

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music album ''Yeh Hai Prem'' in 1997. She is known for her work in the Telugu films '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Narasimha Naidu'' (2001), Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and in her Hindi debut in the multi-starrer film ''

Mohabbatein ''Mohabbatein'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai, and ne ...

'' (2000) opposite

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Biography

Preeti Jhangiani was born into a Sindhi

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family. She first appeared in a

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

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the Kun ...

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

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debut in 2000 with ''

''. Her next film was the comedy ''

Awara Paagal Deewana ''Awara Paagal Deewana'' (English: ''Wayward, Crazy, Insane'') is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film's music was composed by Anu Malik, and the lyrics by Sameer. It has a plot loosely inspired b ...

'' (2002). She also acted in Punjabi films such as ''Sajna ve Sajna'' and

Bikkar Bai Sentimental ''Bikkar Bai Sentimental'' is a 2013 Indian Punjabi-language action film directed by Gautam Anil Nagrath. It centers on the character of Jassi Jasraj (Karan Jasbir), a singer and music composer, who is better known for his rebellious attitude ...

(2013). Her latest release was the Rajasthani film

Taawdo the Sunlight ''Taawdo the Sunlight'' is a Rajasthani film released to theaters on 31 March 2017. The film features Preeti Jhangiani, Pradeep Kabra, Omkar Das Manikpuri and Sachin Choudhary and was written and directed by Vijay Suthar. The film was screened ...

(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

She is the daughter of Gobind Jhangiani and Menka Jhangiani. She completed her schooling from G D Somani Memorial School, Mumbai and partially attended

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, Mumbai but never graduated. She married actor

Parvin Dabas Parvin Dabas (born 12 July 1974) is an Indian actor, director and model, who works predominantly in Hindi and English language films. Early life Parvin Dabas was born on 12 July 1974. His family is from Kanjhawala, Outer Delhi. He studied in M ...

on 23 March 2008 and had her first child, a son Jaiveer, on 11 April 2011. She gave birth to her second child Dev on 27 September 2016. She lives in Bandra, Mumbai, with her family.

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