One
of
Indian
cinema's
finest
actresses,
Smita
Patil
left
everyone
shattered
when
she
passed
away
on
December
13,
1986,
at
the
age
of
31
due
to
some
complications,
barely
few
weeks
after
giving
birth
to
her
son
Prateik
Babbar.
On
her
33rd
death
anniversary
yesterday,
her
husband,
actor-politician
Raj
Babbar
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
remember
his
late
wife
with
an
emotional
post.
He
tweeted,
"Today
decades
ago,
you
went
away
silently.
Each
year
this
day
reminds
me
that
you
shall
be
missed
more
with
every
passing
year."
Check
out
his
tweet
here.
Today
decades
ago,
you
went
away
silently.
Each
year
this
day
reminds
me
that
you
shall
be
missed
more
with
every
passing
year.
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Earlier
in
an
interview
with
DNA,
Smita's
mother
Vidya
recalled
that
fateful
night
when
the
actress
passed
away
and
said,
"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."
She
further
added,
"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)?"
Smita
made
her
debut
in
the
film
industry
with
the
1974
film,
Mere
Saath
Chal.
But,
it
was
Shyam
Benegal's
'Nishant'
which
brought
her
to
the
limelight.
Over
the
years,
the
actress
gave
powerful
performances
in
films
like
Manthan,
Bhumika,
Aakrosh,
Arth,
Bazaar,
Ardh
Satya,
Mirch
Masala
and
Mandi.
Along
with
these
realistic
films,
she
also
starred
in
mainstream
cinema
like
Namak
Halal
and
Shakti.