National award winning director Sumitra Bhave’s demise has shocked fans and celebrities in Marathi cinema. Her legacy of movies will forever be cherished by all, especially the ones who knew her closely. Marathi actress Amruta Subhas was one of them who called the late filmmaker her ‘guru’. Mourning her demise on social media the Sacred Games actress wrote, “I have not only worked with her, I think whatever I am today she has made me. I can't express in words that what all things she has thought me and what I owe to her. I know Bhave since my school days and I did my first short film 'Chakori' in 1993. This was my first screen presence. She took me to all the film festivals. She taught me what good cinema is. We did 'Astu', which was honoured with National Award" 

The actress also added, "Beyond all this, she taught me the language of cinema and love for cinema. I am very fortunate to have a guru like her. So, it's very big to lose for the Marathi film industry.” Amruta was last seen in the web series Bombay Begums starring Pooja Bhatt.