Preethi Jhinghani

Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980 in Mangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian actress and model. She is fluent in Kannada, Sindhi, Hindi, English. She studied in Jai Hind College, Mumbai where her older sister Deepa studied as well. Her mother is the vice-principal of the junior college section of Jai Hind College.

Biography

Preeti Jhangiani first appeared in a Rajshri Productions music album Yeh Hai Prem opposite Abbas. This made them — as well as the koala bear symbol used in the album — famous. Thereafter, she appeared in Nirma Sandal soap ads.
Her first film was in Malayalam which was called Mazhavillu. She made her Bollywood debut in 2000 with Mohabbatein. The film was a hit. Her next hit was the comedy Awara Paagal Deewana. She also acted in Punjabi films such as Sajna ve Sajna. She married actor Parvin Dabas on 23 March 2008 and had her first child, a son, on April 11, 2011. She lives in Bandra, Mumbai, with her family. Her latest acting assignment is a short film called The Masterpiece directed by Tanmay Singh. The film, which is about half an hour long, has Preeti as the solo cast. She plays the role of a fading actress.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Other Notes
1999	Mazhavillu	Veena	Malayalam
	Hello	Swetha	Tamil
	Thammudu	Janaki / Jaanu	Telugu	credited as Preeti Zingania
2000	Mohabbatein	Kiran	Hindi
2001	Narasimha Naidu		Telugu
	Adhipati		Telugu
2002	Na Tum Jaano Na Hum		Hindi	Special Appearance
	Awara Paagal Deewana	Preeti	Hindi
	Waah! Tera Kya Kehna	Meena	Hindi
	Annarth	Preeti	Hindi
2003	Baaz: A Bird in Danger	Preeti Rastogi	Hindi
	LOC Kargil	Balwan Singh's girlfriend	Hindi
2004	Apparao Driving School	Anjali	Telugu
	Aan: Men at Work	Janki	Hindi
	Anandamanandamaye		Telugu
	Omkara		Kannada
2005	Sauda - The Deal	Devika	Hindi
	Ssukh	Sushila Chandraprakash Sharma	Hindi
	Chehraa	Dr. Reena	Hindi
	Chaahat – Ek Nasha	Rashmi S. Jaitly	Hindi
2006	With Luv... Tumhaara	Anuradha B. Singh	Hindi
	Jaane Hoga Kya	Suchitra	Hindi
	Chand Ke Paar Chalo	Nirmala / Garima	Hindi
2007	Sajna Ve Sajna		Punjabi
	Godfather: The Legend Continues		Urdu	A Pakistani movie
	Victoria No. 203	Devyani / Mona	Hindi
	Yamadonga	Oorvasi	Telugu	Item number
2008	Visakha Express		Telugu
2009	Haseena: Smart, Sexy, Dangerous	Tina	Hindi
2010	Tejam		Telugu	Item number
	As The River Flows		Hindi	co-starring Sanjay Suri
2011	The Masterpiece	Preeti	Hindi
2012	Dekho Ye Hai Mumbai Real Life		Hindi