Ketan Mehta & Smita Patil Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ketan Mehta and Smita Patil appeared together in 2 Hindi films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mirch Masala (1987 — 5.6/10).
The Ketan Mehta & Smita Patil partnership
The ran closed with Mirch Masala in 1987. It started with Mirch Masala (1987).
The shape of the work
Ketan Mehta directed every film; Smita Patil acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Mirch Masala
- Mirch Masala0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ketan Mehta had 2 films behind them; Smita Patil had 46.
Before Mirch Masala, Ketan Mehta had directed 2 films, including Holi (1984) and Ba Ki Yaad Mein (1985).
After Mirch Masala, Ketan Mehta went on to direct 12 more films, including Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) and Rang Rasiya (2014).
Before Mirch Masala, Smita Patil had starred in 46 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Mandi (1983).
After Mirch Masala, Smita Patil went on to appear in 2 more films, including Waaris (1988) and Akarshan (1988).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ketan Mehta & Smita Patil's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Dina Pathak is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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