Amitabh Bachchan Pays An Ode To Smita Patil
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, wife Jaya Bachchan and veteran actress Shabana Azmi launched Maithili Rao's book Smita Patil: A Brief Incandescence, timed to coincide with Smita Patil's 60th birth anniversary on Saturday. Amitabh Bachchan was the chief guest at the event. He remembered Smita Patil with great fondness, saying, "I always fall short of words when asked to speak of Smita" Big B recalled Smita Patil's inner strength and commitment to her ideals, noting how she was once dismayed upon being recognised by the public for her work in Namak Halal only. Amitabh Bachchan also spoke of her sense of premonition which was demonstrated when Patil called him on the eve of his accident on the sets of Coolie and told him that she had a nightmare about something happening to him.
