Aravindan ( Chidambaram, 1985) and Mrinal Sen as well as forays into the more commercial Hindi film industry cinema of Mumbai. Her work includes films with parallel cinema directors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Satyajit Ray ( Sadgati, 1981), G. Smita Patil was a part of the radically political cinema of the 1970s, which included actresses such as Shabana Azmi. The family moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1969, following her father's election as a cabinet minister. Patil studied literature at Bombay University and was a part of local theatre groups in Pune and spent much of her time at the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), causing many to mistake her for an alumna.
Smita Patil was born in Pune to a Maharashtrian politician, Shivajirao Girdhar Patil and social worker mother Vidyatai Patil, from Shirpur town of Khandesh province of Maharashtra. Her son Prateik Babbar is a film actor who made his debut in 2008. Over ten of her films were released after her death. She died on 13 December 1986 at the age of 31 due to childbirth complications.
She was deeply committed to the advancement of women's issues and gave her endorsement to films which sought to explore the role of women in traditional Indian society, their sexuality, and the changes facing the middle-class woman in an urban milieu. Īpart from acting, Patil was an active feminist and a member of the Women's Centre in Mumbai. She became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a New Wave movement in India cinema, though she also appeared in several mainstream movies throughout her career. She made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975). She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985. During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.
Regarded among the finest Indian stage and film actresses, she appeared in over 80 films in several languages, but mostly in Hindi and Marathi, in a career that spanned just over a decade. Smita Patil (17 October 1955 – 13 December 1986) was an Indian actress of film, television, and theatre.
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