'Smita Patil died of heart break'

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Smita who died 24 years ago today, December 13.

"Smita was a very upright person, but slowly she began mellowing," remembers Manya who was in New York last month to organise an exhibition of photographs, magazine articles and interviews, to mark her sister's life at the movie retrospective Bhumika: The Roles of Smita Patil. The exhibition was held at the Lincoln Center, one of the most prestigious venues for theatre, opera and films in America.