7th
Global Film Festival Noida declared a special award for Smita Patil for
contribution to cinema and society. Her sister Manya Seth received the award on
the first day of 7th GFFN presented by Sandeep Marwah President of
GFFN.
Smita Patil
(17 October 1955– 13 December 1986) was an Indian actress of film, television
and theatre. Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times,
Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi and Marathi films in a career that
spanned just over a decade. During her career, she received two National Film
Awards and a Filmfare Award. She was the
recipient of the Padma Shri India's fourth-highest civilian honor in 1985.
Apart from acting, Patil was an active
feminist (in a distinctly Indian context) and a member of the Women's Centre in
Mumbai. She was deeply committed to the advancement of women's issues, and gave
her endorsement to films which sought to explore the role of women in
traditional Indian society, their sexuality, and the changes facing the
middle-class woman in an urban milieu.
