Veteran actor Amol Palekar recently recounted an emotionally charged incident from the sets of Shyam Benegal's Bhumika (1977), where he had to slap co-star Smita Patil during a scene. The 80-year ...

Amol Palekar shared his regret at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 about slapping Smita Patil during the filming of ...

At the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025, veteran actor Amol Palekar opened up about slapping his Bhumika co-star Smita Patil without her permission, at the behest of Shyam Benegal. He revealed that the ...

Amol Palekar and Smita Patil shared screen space in Shyam Benegal's 1977 film Bhumika. The movie also starred Naseeruddin ...

In a candid moment at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025, he recounted how he slapped co-star Smita Patil during a scene without her prior consent, an act that continues to weigh heavily on his ...

Amol Palekar talked about slapping Smita Patil without her consent, after Shyam Benegal thought ‘he wasn’t violent enough' while filming Bhumika.

Veteran actor Amol Palekar recalled an incident from the shoot of his 1977 film, Bhumika, in which he was forced to slap co-star Smita Patil. He said that director Shyam Benegal ordered him to ...

Smita Patil’s quicksilver performance Bhumika will leave you struck at her intelligent yet intuitive interpretations of her characters. Bhumika is Smita’s best-known work and rightly so.

Amol Palekar shared his regret at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 about slapping Smita Patil during the filming of Bhumika without her consent, following director Shyam Benegal’s instructions.

The actor revealed that he apologised to Smita after the scene. Amol Palekar recalls slapping Smita Patil without her consent during Bhumika. When asked whether his theatre background influenced ...