SMITA PATIL

Bio

NickName(s)

- Smi

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Profession(s)

- Actress, Television Newscaster

Physical Stats

Height (approx.)

in feet inches- 5 10

Eye Colour

Black

Hair Colour

Black

Career

Debut

Film:

- Charandas Chor, 1975

TV:

- Mumbai Doordarshan as a television newsreader, in the early 1970s

Famous For

- Being a women's rights activist and was famous for her roles in films that portrayed women as competent and empowered.

Awards/Honours

- 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.

Personal Life

Signature

Schools

- Renuka Swaroop Memorial School, Pune

College(s)

- 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.

Date Of Birth

Birthplace

Pune, Bombay State, India

Zodiac Sign

Libra

Nationality

Indian

Hometown

Shirpur town of Khandesh province of Maharashtra, India

Educational Qualification

- Patil was a part of local theatre groups at the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Maharashtra

Relationships

Marital Status

Married

Affair(s)

- Smita Patil was engaged to Dr Sunil Bhutani (a model in the advertisement of Four Squares Cigarette Environment) in the late 1970s.

- Smita Patil had a close relationship with Vinod Khanna (an Indian actor) in 1980.

- She was involved with producer Johnny Bakshi before getting married to Raj Babbar in 1986.

Family

Spouse(s)

- Raj Babbar (an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress)

Children

Son

- - Prateik Babbar (an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Hindi language films)

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.)