Before coming to films, this actress used to work in Doordarshan channel. She used to read news in Marathi language in Bombay Doordarshan. While this actress was doing well in her career, she faced a lot of turmoil in her personal life. She was in love with a married actor. She was accused of being ‘another woman’ and ‘home breaker’. And then one day she left this world.
Little Smita with family and elder sister, Photo: Facebook.com/Timeless Indian Melodies
This picture is of actress Smita Patil. Smita Patil had worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning more than a decade. He won two National and one Filmfare Award along with Padma Shri Award. But little did he know that death would take him away from everyone at a very young age.
Smita Patil with cousin, Photo: Filmfare
But Smita Patil did not listen to anyone. She started living in live-in relationship with Raj Babbar. During this time, she became the mother of son Prateek. But after giving birth to her son, she died due to some complications. Smita Patil had an infection, from which she could not recover, and she died. Maithili Rao, who wrote Smita Patil’s biography, once told ‘BBC’ that the actress had brain infection due to viral infection. After this, all his organs stopped working one by one. He died due to this reason.
Decorated like a bride, this was her last wish
After Smita Patil’s death, she was decorated like a bride. Regarding this, her makeup artist had told that this was the last wish of the actress. Deepak Sawant had told ‘BBC’ that Smita Patil used to tell him that when she dies, her make-up should be done like this.