National Film Award winner Sumitra Bhave is dead
The Hindu
Her probing films changed the Marathi cinematic landscape
Eminent director, producer and screenwriter Sumitra Bhave, who made an indelible impression on vernacular cinema with her trenchant films penetrating the psychological recesses of the human mind, passed away early Monday in Pune following a brief illness. She was 78. She breathed her last at a city-based hospital, said sources. Ms. Bhave, who along with her fellow collaborator, filmmaker Sunil Sukhtankar, gave a string of sophisticated films like Devrai, Doghi, Vaastupurush and Kaasav that belonged to a select elite of Marathi and Indian vernacular cinema. Their films bagged several international, national and regional prizes including multiple national awards.More Related News