The Smita Patil Memorial Award for Best Actress is an honour established in 1986 by the Priyadarshni Academy in memory of actress Smita Patil. It is awarded every other year to an Indian actress for her contribution to Indian cinema in the period prior to the ceremony, irrespective of a particular performance.
Recipients Year Image Honoree 1987Tanvi Azmi1988Deepika Chikhlia1989Roopa Ganguly1990Sridevi1991Dimple Kapadia1992 Pooja Bhatt1993Meenakshi Sheshadri1994Manisha Koirala1996Madhuri Dixit1998Tabu2000Aishwarya Rai2002Karisma Kapoor2004Urmila Matondkar2006Kareena Kapoor2008Preity Zinta2010Vidya Balan2012Deepika Padukone2014Priyanka Chopra2016Katrina Kaif2018Anushka Sharma2020Taapsee Pannu-2021Kiara Advani2022Alia Bhatt
Controversy The choice of Katrina Kaif, who is not renowned for her acting abilities, for the award in 2016 met with wide criticism by both the press and the public on social networks. Columnist Sneha Bengani described her selection as "a grave insult to Patil" and further wrote that it "mocks all the previous recipients". Others defended the choice.
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External links Official site