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Smita Patil was one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation but her untimely demise in 1986 left her fans shocked. Until then, Smita had appeared in films like Mirch Masala, Manthan, Bhoomika, Arth, and had also shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in films like Namak Halaal and Shakti. In a recent interview, Smita’s son Prateik shared an anecdote from the set of Ramesh Sippy’s Shakti when Amitabh called Smita to have a chat with her after he saw her having lunch with the lightmen on the set while sitting on the floor.
In a chat shared on Varinder Chawla’s YouTube channel, Prateik shared that during Shakti, which also starred Dilip Kumar and Rakhee, Smita would carry a huge lunch box from her home. During the lunch hours, she would sit on the floor, sit with all the light men and have lunch with them. “Such a big superstar… Smita Patil, she was sitting on the floor with all the lightmen,” he said.
Smita and Amitabh shared a great professional equation. A few years ago, Amitabh shared in his blog that Smita was very “uncomfortable” during the shoot of Namak Halaal because “she just could not understand why she was asked to do what she was asked to do in the film.” He added, “But she did it with a lot of personal persuasion from me and it came out fine. She was gentle and frail but stronger than anything you could ever encounter in a woman…truly a gift we lost we never should have.”
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