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Hometown: Theog, Himachal Pradesh
Marital Status: Unmarried
Height: 5′ 5″
Some lesser known facts about Preeti Sood
- Preeti Sood is an Indian actress and director. She is known for her performance in the web series Ashram (2020).
- The actress made her acting debut in 2014 with the crime comedy drama film ‘Revolver Rani’ directed by Sai Kabir Srivastava. In this film starring Kangana Ranaut and Veer Da, she played the role of Gutki. The film was released on 25 April 2014.
- After this, in 2015, Preeti appeared in the Hindi-language black comedy film ‘Welcome 2 Karachi’. The film was written by Vrajesh Hirji and directed by Ashish R Mohan. The actress played a friendly role in the film.
- In 2019, Preeti Sood became a part of Bollywood film ‘Fraud Saiyaan’. She played a character named Preeti in the romantic dark comedy drama film directed by Saurabh Srivastava. In this film, Preeti got a chance to work with actors like Arshad Warsi, Saurabh Shukla, Sara Lauren, Deepali Pansare, Flora Saini and Nivedita Tiwari. The film Fraud Saiyan tells the story of a thief artist from North India who marries women so that he can live on their money.
- Preity Sood in one of her interviews revealed about the not-so-easy audio journey. he told,
Some will say that I am too fair for this role, then some will say that I am too young / old for this. I had many questions but they were not answered. Even worse, I was turned into a movie at the last minute and told it was happening because I was prettier than the heroine!
- Preeti Sood made her digital debut in 2020 with Prakash Jha’s crime drama web series ‘Ashram’. He played the role of Sanobar alongside Bobby Deol, Aditi Pohankar, Darshan Kumar, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Tushar Pandey. The ashram tells the story of an Indian religious leader whose good deeds support criminal and unholy activities like rape, murder, drugs, vote bank politics and forced male ruthlessness. To bring him to justice, Law and some crusaders investigate. The entire series was highly appreciated by the audience. Preeti also received critical acclaim for her performance in the series. He spoke about his experience working for the drama series and said,
Working in ‘Ashram’ was like a dream come true! I adore Bobby Deol sir a lot on the sets and I had a huge fan girl moment. When I was offered the role, it was totally a wow moment for me. It was wonderful and heartwarming to work with such a talented and hardworking star, but above all, he was humble, grounded and really helpful. He also encouraged me by saying ‘You are a very good artist and you are very expressive’. These things inspired me a lot as an actress.
He added,
The series was one of my most beautiful journeys. We were shooting in Ayodhya, which in itself was very calming and real, and personally I believe the message of the series was so strong that being a part of it, for me as an actor. was very satisfying.
- In 2020, Preeti Sood made her debut as a film director with a short film titled ‘Antu Ki Amma’. It is the story of a school boy named Antu and his mother Rani who lives in a rural area. His cow’s name is Vimo. They are not able to fulfill their basic needs. It is a narrative about feelings, togetherness and hope. Antu’s genuine affection for his cow Vimo, and an incident that shed light on illegal animals. Preeti f=herself played the character of Antu’s mother Rani. Before directing the film, she went to Kargil to understand the lifestyle of the people. Talking about it in a media interaction, before the shooting of the film, he said,
I am going to Kargil to meet and work with these kids. I will participate in various workshops with these children so that they can get better and holistic education. I will show him my film also. We will also have a question and answer session with these children so that I can understand how to best help these children. They are a big part of me and I will do everything I can to help them.
- The streaming of the second season of crime drama web series Ashram started from 11th November 2020. The actress garnered embrace and recognition for her performances in both the seasons of the series. Thanking his fans for their support, he told the media,
I thank my fans and viewers for all the love and appreciation you have given me over the past 2 months! I feel so proud and lucky that my hard work has been recognized at the very beginning of the release of both the projects, I was quite nervous thinking what would happen if I don’t give my best performance or whether my character will be able to connect with the audience or not. My Producer Prakash Jha from both the shows and Antu’s Amma Producer Mika Singh both were so supportive that they always made me happy, only because of them I played these roles, they believed in me and that is why I am here today Post release I saw audiences on social media loving, commenting, messaging on my work which gave me so much courage that I was very happy and I promised myself that I will do my best with my upcoming projects without panic I will complete ,
- During a media interaction, Preeti told how she protected two girls and broke the child trafficking network in Mumbai. She describes this as a friend who comes up to her and tells her that in a salon there were two little girls dressed in slightly fishy clothes. Preeti swung into action and reached the desired place. After that, a drama took place in which the girl power won and the police were called.