Revisiting an interview in which Jaya Bachchan was asked about her contemporaries Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil and how she ...

Grace and dignity personified - that was Smita Patil. An actress par excellence, a mother and trendsetter. While Bollywood has given birth to many superstars, it had only one Smita Patil. To say ...

Smita Patil, all of 31, died of childbirth complications in 1986 when her newborn, Prateik, was barely 14 days old. Today, what remains is only her legacy that she has left behind in the form of ...

Smita Patil was known for her work in films like Bhumika, Shakti and Arth. The actress died in 1986 following child birth complications. She was 31.

Smita Patil died a few months after Prateik's birth and Raj Babbar returned to live with his former wife Nadira Zaheer with whom he has a son, Arya, and daughter, Juhi.

Meet this actor who once a psychiatrist. However, he later realised that his interest in acting was more than being a ...

If the latest buzz doing rounds in the entertainment circuit is to be believed, actor Prateik Smita Patil will be sharing scre ...

Before entering films, Smita Patil worked as a newsreader for Doordarshan. Her poised screen presence and powerful voice made her a popular face on Indian television in the early 1970s.

Today, 20 years after she passed away due to complications from child birth on December 13, 1986, Smita Patil remains strikingly relevant. Perhaps the word that describes Smita best is 'intense'.

In an 11-year-long love affair with cinema, she wowed audiences with her passion and craft. Smita Patil’s life was a ‘brief incandescence’, says Maithili Rao, in an insightful biography ...

Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special series.

Today, 20 years after she passed away due to complications from child birth on December 13, 1986, Smita Patil remains strikingly relevant. Perhaps the word that describes Smita best is 'intense'.