Popular
Marathi
director
and
writer
Sumitra
Bhave
passed
away
today
(April
19,
2021)
in
Pune,
due
to
age-related
ailments.
She
was
78.
The
Kaasav
director
had
been
admitted
to
a
private
hospital
for
treatment.
Sumitra
Bhave
was
a
part
of
several
award-winning
films
like
Kaasav,
Samhita,
Astu,
Welcome
Home,
Vaastupurush,
Dahavi
Fa,
Devrai
and
some
more.
Sumitra
and
director
Sunil
Sukthankar
are
considered
as
the
greatest
contributors
in
changing
the
landscape
of
Marathi
cinema.
Their
latest
collaboration
Kaasav
received
the
Golden
Lotus
Award
(Swarna
Kamal)
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Feature
Film
at
the
64th
National
Film
Awards.
Notably,
Sumitra
Bhave
had
also
lent
her
voice
as
a
narrator
to
Chaitanya
Tamhane's
last
outing
The
Disciple,
which
was
executively
produced
by
Gravity
director
Alfonso
Cuaron.
Apart
from
being
a
filmmaker
and
writer,
Sumitra
Bhave
was
also
a
social
activist.
Her
demise
is
indeed
a
big
loss
to
the
Indian
film
industry.