This Beautiful Hit Actress’ Life Ended Tragically, Died Just After Delivering Her Son

Their affair grabbed the attention of the media as Raj Babbar was already married that time and was a father of two children – daughter Juhi Babbar and son Arya Babbar from his first wife Nadira Babbar. But without thinking about the society, Raj Babbar decided to marry Smita. The couple got married on May 17, 1982, in a temple at Madras.

But the couple’s happily ever after soon tuned into a nightmare. Smita got pregnant with her first child and died on the delivery bed after delivering a baby boy, who is now a famous Bollywood actor – Prateik Babbar. Smita died from childbirth complications on 13 December 1986, age 31, barely two weeks after having given birth to her son. Nearly two decades later, one of India’s greatest film directors, Mrinal Sen alleged that Smita Patil had died due to gross medical negligence. This is how Indian cinema lost a legendary actress.