Smita Patil
Born: 1955-10-17 in Pune, Bombay State, India
Died: 1986-12-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Smita Patil (October 17, 1955 – December 13, 1986) was an Indian actress and active feminist who primarily worked in Hindi and Marathi films. Remembered among the finest actresses of Indian cinema, she was known for her portrayals of strong and morally complex women prominently in arthouse and parallel cinema, a New Wave movement in India cinema known for its neo-realism. In a career that spanned over a decade, with 10 films released posthumously, her accolades include two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, a Maharashtra State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards Marathi, and the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India.
Filmography
2001
- Smita as Self (archive footage)
1989
- Galiyon Ka Badshah as Tulsi
- Oonch Neech Beech as Sumita
1988
- Hum Farishte Nahin as Roma (Special Appearance)
- Akarshan as Special Appearance
- Waaris as Paramjit
1987
- Insaniyat Ke Dushman as Laxmi
- Ahsaan
- Sutradhar as Prerna
- Thikana as Shashi Goel
- Dance Dance as Radha
- Avam as Dr. Shabnam
- Sher Shivaji
- Nazrana as Mukta
- Mirch Masala as Sonbai
- Aaj as Kavita
- Raahee as Rano
1986
- Amrit
- Dahleez as Sukhbir Kaur
- Dilwaala as Sumitra Devi
- Anokha Rishta as Dr. Pramila
- Aap Ke Saath as Ganga
- Angaaray as Arti Varma
- Teesra Kinara
- Kaanch Ki Deewar as Nisha
- Mere Saath Chal as Geeta
1985
- Chidambaram as Shivagami
- Child God as Seeta
- Ghulami as Sumitra Sultan Singh
- Aakhir Kyon? as Nisha
- Jawaab as Rajni / Radha Gupta / Fredi Martis / Salma Hussain
- Satyajit Ray as Self
- Meraa Ghar Mere Bacche as Geeta Thakur Bhargav
1984
- Giddh: The Vulture as Hanumi
- Raavan as Ganga
- Hum Do Hamare Do
- Anand aur Anand as Kiran
- Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman as Lali
- Aaj Ki Awaz as Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh
- Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki as Aarti
- Tarang as Janki
- Shapath as Shanti
- Sharaabi as Special Appearance
- Pet Pyaar Aur Paap
- Farishta as Kashibai
- Kanoon Meri Mutthi Mein
1983
1982
- Situm as Meenakshi
- Dard Ka Rishta as Dr. Anuradha
- Umbartha as Sulabha Mahajan
- Bheegi Palkein as Shanti
- Naseeb Ni Balihari
- Badle Ki Aag as Bijli
- Bazaar as Najma
- Namak Halaal as Poonam
- Shakti as Roma
- Dil-E-Nadaan as Sheela
- Arth as Kavita Sanyal
1981
- Bhavni Bhavai as Ujam
- Sadgati as Jhuria
- Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai as Joan Pinto
- Chakra as Amma
- Tajurba as Pinki
- In Search of Famine as Self
1980
- Aakrosh as Nagi Bhiku
- The Naxalites as Ajitha
1978
- Omniscient as Sujatha
- The Sage from the Sea as Parvati
- Gaman as Khairun
1977
- Saal Solvan Chadya as Pinky
- Jait Re Jait as Chindhi
- Bhumika as Usha
1976
- Manthan as Bindu
1975
- Nishant as Rukmini
- Charandas The Thief as Princess
- Samna as Kamley
1974
- Teevra Madhyam as Shama
- Raja Shiv Chhatrapati as Saibai