New Delhi: In a tragic flip of occasions, famous Marathi filmmaker and National Award Winner Sumitra Bhave breathed her final on Monday (April 19, 2021). According to reviews,
the acclaimed filmmaker handed away on the age of 78, resulting from well being points. However, an official assertion hasn’t been launched but.
Bhave, an exemplary filmmaker, leaves behind a legacy of socially aware movies that made audiences ponder real-world points. She gained a number of National Awards for her movies as properly.
Before beginning out as a director, she was a professor on the Karve Institute of Social Service, Pune for 10 years. Later, she shifted to Mumbai and labored as a Project Manager for Community Aid and Sponsorship Program.
She additionally labored as a Marathi language newsreader with All India Radio, New Delhi.
Sumitra Bhave’s most notable works
Bhave made her directorial debut with the movie ‘Bai’ which informed the story of a girl residing within the slums and combating to outlive. The brief movie was extremely praised and
acquired the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare on the thirty third National Film Awards.
Critics have been in awe of the life like portrayal of the plight of the poor in her movie, in addition to the portrayal of an unbiased girl which was uncommon on the time.
Bhave’s second movie ‘Paani’, launched in 1987, additionally gained a National Film Award for the Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film on the thirty fifth National Film Awards.
The proficient director went on to make a collection of brief movies after her first two hits similar to – Mukti, Chakori, Three Faces of Tomorrow, Laha, Vaastupurush, Kaasav, Samhita, Astu and Devrai.
She can also be stated to be one of the individuals who modified the panorama of Marathi cinema.
For her immense contribution to the Marathi cinematic world and literature, Bhave was bestowed with a Chitra Ratna Puraskar and Kamdhenu Award.
