Won National Award at the age of 21, said goodbye to the world at 31, such was Smita Patil's short life..

• Today i.e. 17th October is the birth anniversary of Hindi cinema's best actress Smita Patel. She was one of those actresses who have shown her acting skills in all types of films. There was a time when Smita was included in the list of top actresses of the industry. But Smita said goodbye to the world at just 31 years. Today, on her birth anniversary, let us know some special things related to the actress.

Smit Patel included in the list of top actresses

• Smita Patel was born on 17 October 1955 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was very fond of acting since childhood. Smita started working in theaters as a child artist. However, before coming into films, she was a newsreader on Doordarshan. After this he started trying in films. After some time, Smita got the chance to do the film with me. This film was black and white which was released in 1974. I liked his acting a lot in this film. After which she appeared in many films and within just a few years, she became included in the list of top actresses.

When Smita faced a lot of criticism

• Meanwhile, there came a turning point in his life when he had to face a lot of criticism. The reason for which was the relationship between him and Raj Babbar. Smita had fallen in love with married Raj. Both of them met during the shooting of the film Bheegi Palke, which later turned into love. At that time Raj had also decided to leave his first wife and settle down with Smita. Both of them started living together before marriage and got married after some time. Because of this, Smita was cursed a lot for breaking a woman's house.

Won National Award at the age of 21

• Smita also won the National Award at the age of just 21. He was awarded the National Award for his brilliant acting in films like Chakra and Bhumika. After this, she also received Filmfare Best Actress Award for the films Jait Re Jait, Chakra and Umbartha. He has also been awarded Padashree by the Government of India.

Said goodbye to the world at the age of 31

• Smita achieved many big achievements in her 10-year career and said goodbye to the world at the age of just 31. She died during childbirth. Smita gave birth to her son Prateek. After which her health deteriorated and the actress died 15 days after delivery. Let us tell you that after Smita's death, 14 of her films were released.