Priti Sapru

Some Lesser Known Facts About Priti Sapru

• Priti Sapru is a renowned Indian actress who is best known for her work in both the Hindi and Punjabi Film Industries.

• She was born and raised in a Kashmiri Pandit Community with a filmy background.

  

• Priti is a daughter of veteran actor D.K. Sapru, who acted in more than 350 Hindi Films.

• Her grandfather was a Treasurer for the Dogra Kingdom.

• Priti’s sister-in-law, Dhanalakshmi Sapru (wife of Tej Sapru), is the younger sister of the popular Bollywood actress Rekha.

  

• She started her acting career at the age of 13.

• Priti has worked in a few Bollywood movies in which she usually played short roles.

• Some of the Bollywood movies in which she has acted are ‘Lawaaris’, ‘Avtaar’, ‘Jagir’, etc.

• Apart from acting, Priti has also written the script of the Shashi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Rekha, and Anita Raj starrer Hindi Film ‘Zameen Aasman’.

  

• At the same time, she started getting offers from the Punjabi Film Industry.

• After giving the brilliant performances in Bollywood, Priti never looked back and went on to give back-to-back superhit Punjabi films like ‘Nimmo’, ‘Yaari Jatt Di’, ‘Diva Bale Sari Raat’ etc.

• In 1990, she successfully directed, produced, and even wrote the script of the Punjabi movie ‘Qurbani Jatt Di’.

  

• Priti has worked along with famous personalities like Jeetendra, Rajesh Khanna, Raj Babbar, Gurdas Maan, Amitabh Bachchan, etc.

• The magnitude of Priti’s versatile performances can be considered with the fact that even after turning 50+, she has essayed different iconic character roles in both the Hindi and Punjabi Film Industries.

• After a long break, she acted in the Punjabi movie ‘Kaake Da Viyah’ (2019).

  

• Priti has launched the Punjabi channel- ‘Alpha TV Punjabi’ (a part of the Zee Network) in Chandigarh.

  

• Priti actively participates in the anti-drug campaign in Punjab.

• She is an ardent follower of Narendra Modi, and she often joins him in many of his rallies.

  

• Priti was invited by Rajnath Singh to join BJP, and thereafter in 2014, she joined BJP.

  

• She has family relations with Arun Jaitley and his wife Sangeeta Arun Jaitley.

• Priti is an avid pet lover and often celebrates their birthdays.