Patil Smith is a legendary Bollywood actress, laureate of the National Prize of India, an activist of the feminist movement of this country. A beautiful and talented woman who died very young, but still remains one of the most popular actresses in India.
Biography
Smith Patil was born in October 1955 in the ancient Indian town of Pune, which is considered the cultural capital of the country and is filled with educational institutions and ancient architecture. The girl’s father was a local politician, and her mother was a social worker. The family lived comfortably, and their daughters gave a good education.
From childhood, Smith was worried about the position of women in Indian society, and she decided to speak on television, raising acute social issues. Having graduated from the Pune Film and Television Institute in 1977, Patil already had experience working with the camera, acting as the host for the news broadcast.
Career
In the same year, 1977, the film with the participation of Patil Smith “The Difficult Role” was released - the story of how a man “raised” a rich and famous bride to himself, helping her neighbor succeed, then to marry her and secure for herself old age. Smith starred in the title role, receiving the National Award and Popular Love for the film.
The girl became the favorite actress of the famous director and producer Shyam Benegal, the master of realistic cinema, who constantly invited her to his projects with a political and social bias. On the account of the Smiths and several commercial films of Bollywood. She calmly played in Indian films in any languages and dialects of the country, which caused admiration of the audience.
Patil quickly became one of the prominent women rights activists in India. All her characters are strong and independent beauties who, like her, reject the degrading old traditions, advocating equal rights with men. For 13 years, Smith starred in 77 films, and three more came out after the tragic death of the actress.
