Smita Patil was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. She appeared in over 80 Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam and Kannada films. She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in 1985.
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Smita Patil was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. She appeared in over 80 Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career that spanned just over a decade. During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in 1985. She died on 13 December 1986 at the age of 31 due to childbirth complications. Her son Prateik Babbar is a film actor who made his debut in 2008.
Her most notable roles include Manthan, Bhumika, Jait Re Jait, Aakrosh, Chakra, Namak Halaal, Bazaar, Umbartha, Shakti, Arth, Ardh Satya, Mandi, Aaj Ki Awaaz, Chidambaram, Mirch Masala, Amrit and Waaris. Patil belonged to a generation of actresses, including Shabana Azmi and, like her, who are strongly associated with the radically political cinema of the 1970s. Her work includes films with parallel cinema directors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Satyajit Ray, G. Aravindan and Mrinal Sen.
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