Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 – Rare Images

Arun Khopkar’s Teevra Madhyam (1974). — Arun Khopkar’s Teevra Madhyam (1974)

Naseerudin Shah and Smita Patil in a screen test for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi — Naseerudin Shah and Smita Patil in a screen test for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi

In Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika (1977), a film bloosely based on Hansa Wadkar’s autobiography Sangtye Aika

G Aravindan’s Chidambaram (1985). Photo by Peter Chappell

With Naseeruddin Shah in Sagar Sarhadi’s Bazaar (1982)

All photos courtesy Anita Patil Deshmukh unless otherwise indicated.

Post courtesy: Smita Patil loved the camera and it loved her right back – Scroll Staff

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