Regarded
as
one
of
the
finest
actors
of
Indian
cinema,
Smita
Patil
never
failed
to
woo
the
audience
with
her
powerful
acting
chops.
In
the
age
of
glamorous
leading
ladies,
she
was
an
actress
whose
eyes
spoke
volume
and
was
the
youngest
star
honored
with
a
Padmashri.
With
memorable
films
like
Mandi,
Mirch
Masala,
Bhumika,
Chakra,
Arth
amongst
others,
she
was
her
entertaining
best
even
in
films
like
Namak
Halal.
Speaking
about
how
films
happened
to
her,
Smita
had
recalled
in
one
of
her
interviews,
"It
just
fell
in
my
lap.
I
was
working
on
television
as
an
announcer
and
I
started
getting
commercial
offers.
At
first,
I
just
kept
looking
down
and
saying
no
because
I
had
no
idea
what
the
industry
was.
I
was
brought
up
very
strictly.
I
was
involved
in
social
work
and
as
a
student
I
never
saw
films."
The
actress
was
married
to
actor-turned-politician
Raj
Babbar,
and
passed
away
on
13rd
September,
1986
at
the
age
of
31
due
to
some
complications,
barely
two
weeks
after
giving
birth
to
son
Prateik
Babbar.
Smita's
mother
Vidya
recalled
in
an
old
interview
with
DNA,
"Use
bachchapan
se
khwahish
thi
maa
banne
ki.
All
she
wanted
was
a
small
house,
a
loving
husband
and
children.
After
her
delivery
she
wanted
me
to
be
near
her
so
that
I
could
look
after
the
baby
(Prateik).
But
she
fell
ill
and
had
high
fever.
That
fateful
night
there
was
no
electricity
and
the
telephone
was
not
working.
There
was
nobody
at
home
when
she
vomited.
It
suggested
internal
bleeding.
She
didn't
want
to
leave
Prateik
and
went
to
the
hospital
reluctantly.
On
the
way
she
fell
unconscious.
If
there
is
an
Ishwar,
I
want
to
ask
him
why
He
did
this
to
her.
Kyun
chalee
gayee
woh
kachche
mod
par
(why
did
she
leave
at
such
an
incomplete
turn)?"
Today
on
her
32nd
death
anniversary,
Raj
Babbar
posted
emotional
note
for
his
late
wife
along
with
a
picture.
He
wrote,
"Nature
gave
you
such
a
short
span,
yet
you
lived
such
a
fulfilling
life.
Your
journey
may
have
finished
but
the
memories
get
enriched
every
single
day.
Remembering,
Smita.
It's
been
32
years
that
you
left
for
another
world
this
day.
To
absorb
this,
is
still
difficult."
Nature
gave
you
such
a
short
span,
yet
you
lived
such
a
fulfilling
life.
Your
journey
may
have
finished
but
the
memories
get
enriched
every
single
day.
Remembering
Smita.
It's
been
32
years
that
you
left
for
another
world
this
day.
To
absorb
this,
is
still
difficult.
pic.twitter.com/0wYQsa6njl
His
son
Prateik
too
shared
a
black-and-white
photograph
of
her
mother
on
Twitter
and
wrote:
"32
years
since
she
left
us..
my
heart
skips
a
beat
every
time
I
think
of
her..
my
heart
is
restless..
yet
perfectly
content..
my
veins
feel
heavy..
I
can
feel
my
blood..
it
feels
so
warm..
she
takes
me
in..
she
takes
my
breath..
she
is
my
breath..
she
is
my
air..
she
is
my
soul..
she
is
me.
Rest
in
power,
my
beautiful."
Actress
Paoli
Dam
too
remembered
the
late
actress
and
tweeted,
"A
gracious
and
versatile
actor
I've
looked
up
to
always
and
grown
up
watching
and
loving
her
films.
She
left
us
too
soon
but
her
contribution
to
Indian
films
will
be
etched
in
the
memory
of
cine
lovers
forever!
Remembering
#SmitaPatil
on
her
death
anniversary!"