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Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil appeared in important roles in the 1982 film ‘Earth’. In the film, Shabana Azmi played Pooja, who appeared in the role of a loyal wife. At the same time, Smita Patil Patil her …Read more
Used to burn in every role
Highlights
- Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil played important roles in ‘Earth’.
- Shabana said, Smita chose the role of Kavita instead of the role of a maid.
- Shabana claimed, she did not snatch any role of Smita.
New DelhiShabana Azmi and Smita Patil were one of the well -known actresses in the 1980s. In the year 1982, both of them appeared in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Earth’. In a recent interview, Shabana Azmi talked about her role with Smita Patil and the impact of her character in ‘Earth’. He also told that there was a strange competition between her and Smita Patil.
In an interview to Filmfare, Shabana Azmi claimed that Smita Patil played the role of ‘second woman’ i.e. her onscreen sautan. At the same time, Shabana played the main character of Pooja in the film, who knows about her husband’s affair with Kavita (Smita Patil). People have not forgotten the film even today.
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Cast was done for the role of a maid
Shabana told that Smita Patil was earlier offered a small role of a maid, but she herself insisted on the role of Kavita. Later, Rohini Hattangdi was seen in the role of a maid. Sharing this whole story, Shabana said, ‘This is a very interesting anecdote. Vijay Tendulkar said that this is a problem of ‘Earth’. Because this is actually the story of worship. This is the story of the wife and the other woman has been cast only to pursue the story and this should have been seen outside. But because Smita played this role, she had to give more footage in the film and the film became focused on her. Kulbhushan Kharbanda was also seen in this film.
I never snatched any role of him
Keeping her point further, Shabana Azmi said that there was a strange competition between her and Smita Patil at that time. He also regrets saying some things about Smita Patil, which she should not have said. He claimed that despite the efforts of Javed Akhtar and Raj Babbar, there was no improvement in the relationship between them. In this interview, Shabana also reacted to the rumors that Smita Patil had lost the lead role because of her. He said, ‘There were many fictional roles that he thought that I had taken away from him, but this had never happened. We were Shyam Benegal’s favorite and he was very clear to whom to take for which film. He also revealed that the first choice in the film ‘Manthan’ was that, in which Smita Patil was later seen.
Let me tell you that if we talk about Shabana’s workfront, then she was recently seen in ‘Dabba Cartel’. Directed by Hitesh Bhatia, the Netflix show also stars Jyothika and Shalini Pandey.
