Preeti Ganguly, daughter of the late veteran actor Ashok Kumar expired yesterday. Born on 17 May, 1953, Preeti is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Basu Chatterjee's <em>Khatta Meetha</em>. Following in the footsteps of her father and uncles Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar, she debuted in <em>Parinay</em> in 1974. She mostly played roles that provided a comical relief to viewers in particular those of an overly healthy woman. Her career spanned from 1974 through to 1988 in a total of about 30 movies.