- Considered to be the best Indian actress of her generation together with Shabana Azmi.
- One child by Raj Babbar; her son Prateik Patil Babbar was born 28 November 1986. She died two weeks after her son's birth due to complications.
- Rajesh Khanna-Smita Patil were paired together in 6 successful super-hit films.
- Won the National Award for her sensitive portrayal in Bhumika (1977) at the age of 21 being one of the youngest recipients.
- Sister Manya Patil Seth produced the film " Dubai Return". She was involved with Dev Anand discovery Atlee Brar in 1984.
- Art films were her forte but she also proved her capability by acting opposite Amitabh Bachchan in commercial films like Namak Halal & Shakti (both released in 1982) and signing films of various genres opposite Superstar Rajesh Khanna consistently in 1980-1987 period and giving hits with Rajesh Khanna.
- Smita was engaged to Dr. Sunil Bhutani in the late 70's. Bhutani was well known for modeling in the advertisement of "Four Squares Cigarette Enviroment".
- Besides Hindi, she also worked in her mother tongue Marathi & did some Bengali, Kannada & Malayalam films too.
- Aunt to actress Vidya Malvade.
- Close relationship with Vinod Khanna in 1980.
- Sister named Anita. She is a school teacher. Anita has two sons. Varoon and Adeetya. Adeetya is married to Katherine. They have a daughter named Zoe Smita.
- Cousin to actress Aboli Patil.
- Nephew Adeetya Deshmukh is a teacher in New York.
- Had a baby brother who passed away when he was 1 year old.
- Was involved with producer Johnny Bakshi.
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