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Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times and one of the greatest film actresses of all time,.
She made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975).
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.
Smita Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi, Bengali, 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.
National Film Award for Best Actress.
1.Bhumika (1977)
2.Chakra (1981)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
1.Samna (1975)
2.Nishant (1975)
3.Jait Re Jait (1977)
4.Aakrosh (1980)
5.The Churning (1980)
6.Bhavni Bhavai (1981)
7.In Search of Famine (1981)
8.Umbartha (1982)
9.Chidambaram (1985)
10.Mirch Masala (1986)
Gaman (1978) won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1979 for his work, and for the Song "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi", Chhaya Ganguly won a National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Mandi (1983) won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy.
Giddh: The Vulture (1984) won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards)
Smita Patil received 6 Nomination and won the Filmfare Awards & Filmfare Marathi Awards
1.Jait Re Jait (1977)
2.Chakra (1981)
3.Umbartha (1982)
She earned 3 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for Bhumika (1977), Bazaar (1982) and Aaj Ki Awaz (1984).
She also received 2 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Arth (1982) and Mandi (1983).
Smita Patil won the Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Actress for Umbartha (1982).
Smita Patil won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Best Actress (Hindi) for Mirch Masala (1986).
Smita Patil Patil won the Best Actress trophy at the 2nd Star & Style-Lux Awards for Waaris (1988).
She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985.
The Priyadarshni Academy started with the Smita Patil Memorial Award as a tribute to the veteran actress in 1986.
In 2011, Rediff.com listed her as the second-greatest Indian actress of all time, behind Nargis.
According to Suresh Kohli from Deccan Herald, "Smita Patil was, perhaps, the most accomplished actress of Hindi cinema. Her oeuvre is outstanding, investing almost every portrayal with a powerhouse realistic performance."
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.
She made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975).
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.
Smita Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi, Bengali, 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.
National Film Award for Best Actress.
1.Bhumika (1977)
2.Chakra (1981)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
1.Samna (1975)
2.Nishant (1975)
3.Jait Re Jait (1977)
4.Aakrosh (1980)
5.The Churning (1980)
6.Bhavni Bhavai (1981)
7.In Search of Famine (1981)
8.Umbartha (1982)
9.Chidambaram (1985)
10.Mirch Masala (1986)
Gaman (1978) won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1979 for his work, and for the Song "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi", Chhaya Ganguly won a National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Mandi (1983) won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy.
Giddh: The Vulture (1984) won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards)
Smita Patil received 6 Nomination and won the Filmfare Awards & Filmfare Marathi Awards
1.Jait Re Jait (1977)
2.Chakra (1981)
3.Umbartha (1982)
She earned 3 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for Bhumika (1977), Bazaar (1982) and Aaj Ki Awaz (1984).
She also received 2 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Arth (1982) and Mandi (1983).
Smita Patil won the Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Actress for Umbartha (1982).
Smita Patil won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Best Actress (Hindi) for Mirch Masala (1986).
Smita Patil Patil won the Best Actress trophy at the 2nd Star & Style-Lux Awards for Waaris (1988).
She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985.
The Priyadarshni Academy started with the Smita Patil Memorial Award as a tribute to the veteran actress in 1986.
In 2011, Rediff.com listed her as the second-greatest Indian actress of all time, behind Nargis.
According to Suresh Kohli from Deccan Herald, "Smita Patil was, perhaps, the most accomplished actress of Hindi cinema. Her oeuvre is outstanding, investing almost every portrayal with a powerhouse realistic performance."
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.
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- DirectorJabbar PatelStarsNilu PhuleShreeram LagooSmita PatilA corrupt Hindurao believes drunken Master inquiring about Maruti Kamble could be a government official whose come to stop his wrong doings.He agrees to tell him about Maruti Kamble on a condition after hearing he will leave the village.It is the debut film of Smita Patil in Marathi.
The film won President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the National Film Awards.
It was screened in the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. - DirectorJabbar PatelStarsMohan AgasheSmita PatilSulabha DeshpandeJait Re Jait(win) is story revolving tribal caste called Thakkar. The plot depicts the aspirations, desires and relationship of Nagya and Chindi. Nagya is a honey gatherer who climbs tress to fetch honey from beehives. Chindi is married woman but decides to leave her husband as he useless. Chindi and Nagya falls in love. In ensuing drama Nagya goes on for his passion to collect honey but suffers injuries, as revenge he goes back again this time with Chindi...he succeeds but the consequences of actions are bore by Chindi.The film won President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the National Film Awards.
The film earned actress Smita Patil and Jabbar Patel Filmfare Awards.
Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Direction was also presented to Jabbar Patel.
It is considered to be one of the greatest musical hits of all time in Marathi cinema. - DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsOm PuriSmita PatilAmrish PuriA newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.It won the National Film Award for Best Actor for Om Puri.
It won 5 Filmfare Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Best Supporting Actor. - DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsOm PuriNaseeruddin ShahSmita PatilA public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.It won 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and several Filmfare Awards.
It won the 'Golden Peacock' for the Best Film at the International Film Festival of India
It is in the list of 60 films that shaped the Indian film industry spanning six decades. - DirectorT.S. NagabharanaStarsGirish KarnadAnant NagSmita PatilIt won the Karnataka State Film Awards for Third Best film.
Nagabharana remade the movie in Hindi with Om Puri titled Bin Bulaye Mehmaan (1981), but the film was incomplete. - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsOm PuriSmita PatilMohan AgasheUntouchable shoemender Dukhi comes to the Brahmin's and asks him to arrange his daughter's engagement. The Brahmin belongs to a higher caste. He wants Dukhi to work for him (and for free) before agreeing... A plea against the indian system of castes.It is television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsLalu RamMadan LalBabu DasThe film is derived from a classic folktale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as a folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas. While running away from Police he encounters a Guru and makes four vows to him as penance, that he would never eat in a gold plate, never lead a procession that is in his honor, never become a king and never marry a princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him. Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him off on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom, where the turn of events make him famous, and eventually he is offered the seat of political power which he has to refuse. Later, the local princess Kelavati gets enchanted by him and proposes to marry him. He refuses to do so according to his vows to his guru. As he is put to death, he illustrates the inherent paradox in human existence, where truthful existence becomes an impossibility, for the truthful and the accidentally truthful, alike.The film is derived from a classic folktale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as a folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsShabana AzmiKulbhushan KharbandaSmita PatilA film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.It is one of the 25 Must See Bollywood Movies as compiled by Indiatimes Movies.
The film was remade in Tamil as Marupadiyum (1993) by Balu Mahendra.
It won the National Award for Best Actress for Shabana Azmi.
It won 3 Filmfare Awards - Best Dialogue, Best Actress for Shabana Azmi and Best Supporting Actress for Rohini Hattangadi.
Smita Patil received the Nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. - DirectorRam Narayan GabaleStarsParikshit SahniSmita PatilShreeram LagooStory is Based on Maharashtra's beloved king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Smita Patil worked in her 5th and last Marathi film.
The Story is Based on Maharashtra's beloved king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. - DirectorShyam BenegalStarsGirish KarnadShabana AzmiAnant NagA man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband.It is the debut film of Smita Patil in Hindi
The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was invited to the London Film Festival of 1976, the Melbourne International Film Festival of 1977, and the Chicago International Film Festival of 1977, where it was awarded the Golden Plaque. - DirectorUtpalendu ChakrabartyStarsBijoy DeyNoni GangulyRohini HattangadiThis powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood. the wife gives birth to a deformed baby, which is pronounced as a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), who forces them to abandon the child and exiles them from the community. the journey takes the couple towards a bizarre and heart-breaking conclusion.This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood.
The film is an NFDC production, and Smita Patil worked without remuneration.
It is the 2nd and last Bengali film of Smita Patil and Posthumous Release. - DirectorKetan MehtaStarsSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahOm PuriIn colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose husband is away in the city, to sleep with him. She slaps him and flees for safety to a spice factory where women grind chillies into fine powder. The aged factory guard, Abu Mian, locks the door behind her, refusing to open it to the soldiers, to the cowardly village men led by the mayor, and to the subedar himself. The town's teacher, who follows Gandhi, and a few women, led by the mayor's wife, protest ineffectually against this village-approved rape. The stage is set for a final confrontation.It won 2 National Awards - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Supporting Actor for Suresh Oberoi.
Ketan Mehta received the nomination Golden Prize at 15th Moscow International Film Festival.
Smita Patil won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Best Actress (Hindi). - DirectorShyam BenegalStarsGirish KarnadSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahA young veterinary surgeon, Dr. Rao, who makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people.The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Vijay Tendulkar.
It was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for 1976. - DirectorRamdas PhutaneStarsSmita PatilJairam HardikarAnjali PaigankarRavi and Rekha have to deal with local superstition when they move to a village. A witch doctor is especially involved in their lives.It is the debut film of Smita Patil in Kannada.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsDilip KumarAmitabh BachchanRakhee GulzarA scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to devastating effect when the son grows up to be a Mafia don, and his father is assigned the job of bringing him in.The plot of the movie is loosely based on the 1974 Tamil film Thangappathakkam.
Considered to be one of the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. - DirectorJabbar PatelStarsSmita PatilGirish KarnadShrikant MogheAfter the passing of her husband, Mrs. Mahajan takes care of four institutions, and lives a comfortable lifestyle with her two sons - Dr. Mohan and his wife, Maya; and Advocate Subhash Mahajan, his wife, Savitri, and their daughter, Rani. Savitri is unhappy as she wants a career for herself. She finally gets a chance to prove her skills in social services when she gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in distant Sangamwadi. Although Rani and Subhash as well as the rest of the family oppose her going, she has made up her mind. She arrives there and soon gets actively involved in the day to day activities of the institute, which is home to many women with a criminal background; who have been abused and beaten by their husbands; those who have been sexually assaulted; and even some with mental problems. After several months of her active involvement, Savitri is faced with a crisis when the Managing Committee, led by Chairperson Sheela Samson blames her for the death of two inmates, who set themselves on fire; her inability to get along with local businessmen; her rude comments to the local M.L.A., Bane; her interference in the personal lives of inmates. And to make matters the State Government appoints a one-man Commission to look into the problems of this institution. Savitri now has a choice - to resign and return home - to a family of virtual strangers; or stay and face the onslaught of charges that may be brought out against her.The film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 29th National Film Awards for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family"
Smita Patil won the Filmfare Marathi Awards.
The film is based on a Marathi novel Beghar (transl. Homeless) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as Subah with the same cast. - DirectorWasi KhanPrayag RajStarsSanjeev KumarShabana AzmiShashi KapoorThe film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to come.The film is based on a true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to come back.
Sanjeev Kumar, who was also playing one of the lead roles in Oonch Neech Beech and who is regarded as one of the greatest film actors of all time died unexpectedly in 1985.
Both of these deaths occurred while Oonch Neech Beech was still in production and the film’s story line had to be altered to accommodate these deaths.
As indicated in the filmographies for Smita Patil and Sanjeev Kumar, their roles in Oonch Neech Beech were one of the two final roles played by them in a film. - DirectorMrinal SenStarsSatya BanerjeeRadhamohan BhattacharyaDhritiman ChatterjeeA film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.The film won the 1981 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali and National Film Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay for Mrinal Sen.
It was screened at 31st Berlin International Film Festival and won Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. - DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShabana AzmiSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahForbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam's brothel from the heart of Hyderabad.The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy.
It was selected at Indian Panorama at Filmostav, Bombay 1984, and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition (FILMEX), the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984, and London Film Festival 1983.
Mandi is the Hindi Film with the highest number of Filmfare Award winners (12) in the cast (Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Saeed Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur, Amrish Puri, Ila Arun and K. K. Raina).
Additionally the film includes (4) Filmfare nominees in the cast (Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anita Kanwar, Ratna Pathak Shah and Soni Razdan). - DirectorShyam BenegalStarsSmita PatilAnant NagNaseeruddin ShahA girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.Smita Patil won the National Film Award for Best Actress.
Smita Patil received the Nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award. - DirectorMuzaffar AliStarsFarooq ShaikhSmita PatilGeeta KakIn order to improve their lifestyle, Lucknow based Ghulam Hussain decides to re-locate to Bombay, leaving his ailing mother and wife, Khairun, behind. He arrives in Bombay, and looks up his close friend, Lalulal Tiwari, who gets him a job cleaning taxis. Ghulam subsequently learns how to drive, and is hired to drive a taxi. Despite of his best efforts he is unable to save enough money to visit Lucknow. Lalulal has problems of his own, despite of being settled in Bombay for several years; having a sweetheart, Yashodra, he is unable to even rent a decent apartment, and lives in a shanty tenement, which is slated to be demolished by the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Will Lalulal and Ghulam be able to improve their lives or will they be caught up in just surviving on a day to day basis?The film's music was by Jaidev, who won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1979 for his work, and for the Song "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi", Chhaya Ganguly won a National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
- DirectorSagar SarhadiStarsFarooq ShaikhSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahA young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.Smita Patil received the Nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award.
- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsDharmendraMithun ChakrabortyNaseeruddin ShahIn feudal Rajasthan, a bunch of peasants rise up against the exploitative landowners and the age-old system of caste-based oppression.The film was a super hit and 8th highest-grossing movie of 1985.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsAnant NagNirmalaSiddeshJogamma is the widow of Brahmin Pandit Range Rao, and lives in a coastal village in Southern India along with her two married sons, Narsimha, who is married to Seethamma and has two sons; while Parasuram is married to Ansuya. Narsimha, who not only looks after the estate, but also works as a clerk, often ends up chiding Parsuram to do something proactive. A frustrated Parshuram, not able to bear the taunts of his family anymore decides to run away from home, but has an encounter with a Sage named Kondura, who is believed to be living under the sea for ions. Kondura bestows a boon upon him, asks him not to misuse it, and be a celibate. A disbelieving Parshuram returns home, finds out that Guru is yet another person who was granted the boon of finding water, even in arid areas, and asks him to help dig a well. Guru does help and water is discovered shortly thereafter. Parshuram claims that he can also converse with a Goddess in the local Mandir. Things change when the villagers realize that he is telling the truth, and in no time at all Parsuram himself becomes a sage in his own right. When the Goddess appears before him, she instructs him to re-build her temple, and he does so with the help of Zamindar Bhairavmoorthy, a cruel, self-centered man, who is known to have had many sexual relationships, including one with his sister-in-law, but is known to be impotent. His brother gave birth to a crippled boy, Venu, and passed away. Bhairav brought up Venu, educated him, but treats him with contempt, whips him frequently, gets him married to a good-looking, but poor woman named Parvati. With money coming in from Bhairav, the temple is built, however, the Goddess is unhappy and tells Parsuram that sin is flourishing in this village. It is then that Parvati becomes pregnant, and everyone believes that Bhairav has overcome his impotence and is the father. Believing Bhairav to be behind all sins in this village, Parsuram sets about to reverse this, and manages to fool Parvati to drink a concoction, the very boon that was granted by Kondura, that will make her abort this child. Shortly thereafter Parsuram finds out that Venu is the to-be father, and now guilt-ridden, he must find a way to reverse this, even if it means incurring the wrath of Kondura and the Goddess.It is the debut film of Smita Patil in Telugu.
The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival. - DirectorKrishnakantStarsRaj BabbarSmita PatilAnita RajA poet leaves his family for success and popularity while his wife learns to become an independent woman.This Love Triangle is a very well acted and directed drama which deals with class issues, infidelity, female independence and a person's struggle between fulfilling their obligations towards their family or their own happiness.