Smita Patil
| Full Name | Smita Patil |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Smi |
| Profession(s) | Actress, Television Newscaster |
| Popular For | Being a women's rights activist and was famous for her roles in films that portrayed women as competent and empowered. |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) |
in centimeters- 177 cm in meters- 1.77 m in feet inches- 5’ 10” |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Her Career | |
| Film Debut | Charandas Chor, 1975 |
| TV Series Debut | Mumbai Doordarshan as a television newsreader, in the early 1970s |
| Last Film | Galiyon Ke Badshah (Posthumous Release(Final film role)), 1989 |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | She won National Film Award as the Best Actress in the film Bhumika in 1977 and for the film Chakra in 1980. She received Filmfare Marathi Awards as the Best Actress for the film Jait Re Jait in 1978 and for the film Umbartha in 1981. She won Filmfare Awards as the Best Actress for the film Chakra in 1982. She received Padma Shri – India's fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India, in 1985. The Priyadarshni Academy started with the Smita Patil Memorial Award as a tribute to the veteran actress in 1986. She received Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the Best Actress (Hindi) for the film Mirch Masala in 1987. In 2011, Rediff.com listed Smita as the second-greatest Indian actress of all time, behind Nargis. In 2012, the Smita Patil International Film Festival Documentaries and Shorts was initiated in her honour. On the occasion of 100 years of the Indian cinema, a postage stamp bearing her face was released by India Post to honour her on 3 May 2013. |
| Her Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 17 October 1955 (Monday) |
| Birthplace | Pune, Bombay State, India |
| Date of Death | 13 December 1986 |
| Place of Death | Bombay, Maharashtra |
| Age (at the time of death) | 31 Years |
| Death Cause | Smita died from childbirth complications (Puerperal sepsis) |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Shirpur town of Khandesh province of Maharashtra, India |
| School | Renuka Swaroop Memorial School, Pune |
| College/University | Bombay University, Maharashtra Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. |
| Educational Qualification | Smita's early education was from Renuka Swaroop Memorial School, Pune She studied literature at Bombay University, Maharashtra Patil was a part of local theatre groups at the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Maharashtra |
| Her Relationships | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Children | Son- Prateik Babbar (an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Hindi language films) |
| Husband/Spouse | Raj Babbar (an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress) |
| Her Family | |
| Parents | Father- Shivajirao Girdhar Patil (an Indian social activist and politician from the state of Maharashtra) Mother- Vidyatai Patil (a nurse and a social worker) |
| Siblings | Sister(s)- • Anita (She is a school teacher. Anita has two sons. Varoon and Adeetya. Adeetya is married to Katherine. They have a daughter named Zoe Smita) Manya Patil Seth (She produced the film " Dubai Return". She was involved with Dev Anand discovery Atlee Brar in 1984.) |
| Cousin | Aboli Patil (an Indian Actress) |
| Aunt | Vidya Malvade (an Indian Actress) |
| Nephew | Adeetya Deshmukh (a teacher in New York, US) |
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