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
- Akarshan as Special Appearance
- Hum Farishte Nahin as Roma (Special Appearance)
- Waaris as Paramjit
1987
- Mirch Masala as Sonbai
- Insaniyat Ke Dushman as Laxmi
- Dance Dance as Radha
- Sutradhar as Prerna
- Aaj as Kavita
- Thikana as Shashi Goel
- Avam as Dr. Shabnam
- Nazrana as Mukta
- Raahee as Rano
- Ahsaan
- Sher Shivaji
1986
- Amrit
- Aap Ke Saath as Ganga
- Dilwaala as Sumitra Devi
- Dahleez as Sukhbir Kaur
- Kaanch Ki Deewar as Nisha
- Teesra Kinara
- Mere Saath Chal as Geeta
- Angaaray as Arti Varma
- Anokha Rishta as Dr. Pramila
1985
- Aakhir Kyon? as Nisha
- Satyajit Ray as Self
- Ghulami as Sumitra Sultan Singh
- Chidambaram as Shivagami
- Jawaab as Rajni / Radha Gupta / Fredi Martis / Salma Hussain
- Meraa Ghar Mere Bacche as Geeta Thakur Bhargav
- Child God as Seeta
1984
- Giddh: The Vulture as Hanumi
- Raavan as Ganga
- Sharaabi as Special Appearance
- Aaj Ki Awaz as Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh
- Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman as Lali
- Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki as Aarti
- Anand aur Anand as Kiran
- Pet Pyaar Aur Paap
- Hum Do Hamare Do
- Kanoon Meri Mutthi Mein
- Shapath as Shanti
- Farishta as Kashibai
- Tarang as Janki
1983
1982
- Namak Halaal as Poonam
- Bazaar as Najma
- Shakti as Roma
- Badle Ki Aag as Bijli
- Dard Ka Rishta as Dr. Anuradha
- Bheegi Palkein as Shanti
- Arth as Kavita Sanyal
- Situm as Meenakshi
- Naseeb Ni Balihari
- Umbartha as Sulabha Mahajan
- Dil-E-Nadaan as Sheela
1981
- Bhavni Bhavai as Ujam
- Chakra as Amma
- Sadgati as Jhuria
- In Search of Famine as Self
- Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai as Joan Pinto
- Tajurba as Pinki
1980
- Aakrosh as Nagi Bhiku
- The Naxalites as Ajitha
1978
- The Sage from the Sea as Parvati
- Gaman as Khairun
- Omniscient as Sujatha
1977
- Bhumika as Usha
- Saal Solvan Chadya as Pinky
- Jait Re Jait as Chindhi
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