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Smita Patil
Smita Patil as remembered by her sister: ‘Funny, generous, uncaged’
Anita Patil-Deshmukh
· Oct 17, 2021 · 09:45 am
From a personal archive of Smita Patil, a reminder of her eye for beauty
Scroll Staff
· Oct 17, 2020 · 10:37 am
Film flashback: ‘Mirch Masala’ had something to say about MeToo back in the 1980s
Bubla Basu
· Nov 06, 2018 · 08:15 am
Film flashback: ‘Bhumika’ is one of the best Indian biopics about the messy life of a movie star
Nandini Ramnath
· Jul 01, 2018 · 07:30 pm
Picture the song: Love, sensuality and Smita Patil in ‘Me Raat Takli’
Damini Kulkarni
· Jan 29, 2017 · 03:00 pm
Smita Patil as a child: Mischievous, adventurous, emotional and an excellent mimic
Maithili Rao
· Dec 13, 2016 · 12:00 pm
How Smita Patil put gravitas into the gravy
Maithili Rao
· Sep 30, 2015 · 08:30 am
