Subhash K Jha Remembers Smita Patil On Her Birth Anniversary
Not for a week, or a day since her unpardonably premature death in 1986 has Smita Patil been forgotten.
Shyam Benegal, who was always badgered by critics and other mischief-mongers to compare his two prized and feted discoveries, always took a diplomatic stand, stating both Shabana and Smita were brilliant in their own right.
It reminded me of Rahul Dev Burman. Whenever he was asked if which of the two singing legends Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle were better, he said they were like Don Bradman and Gary Sobers in cricket.
GulzarSaab—may God bless his intuitive imagination and insight—got the analogy right better. He would say, “It was like Neil Armstrong and his colleague who landed on the moon. Armstrong stepped out of the spaceship.
Author's summary: Remembering Smita Patil on her birth anniversary.
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