After songs like Tumhare bin jee na lage ghar mein (Bhumika, 1977) and Shamsheer barahna maang ghazab (Mandi, 1983), Preeti soon came to be known as the voice of Smita Patil, a champion of avant ...

A young Preeti Sagar won the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer in 1976 for singing My heart is beating from the film Julie. In stark contrast, she was asked to sing a folk song, Mero gaam ...