Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70
With her daughter Soha Ali Khan's wedding reportedly around the corner, Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore has a lot to look forward to as she turns a year older. Here's a look at the pictorial journey of the actress who burst into the film industry as a child actress in Satyajit Ray's 1959 Bengali film Apur Sansar.
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Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70With her daughter Soha Ali Khan's wedding reportedly around the corner, Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore has a lot to look forward to as she turns a year older. Here's a look at the pictorial journey of the actress who burst into the film industry as a child actress in Satyajit Ray's 1959 Bengali film Apur Sansar. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70Sharmila Tagore was born on December 8, 1944 in Hyderabad to a Bengali father and an Assamese mother. Her father, Gitindranath Tagore, is a descendant of the illustrious Tagore family of Bengal which counts Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore as a member. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70Sharmila converted to Islam in order to marry cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi in a nikah ceremony held on December 27, 1969. After the wedding vows, she took the name Ayesha Sultana. Mansoor Ali Khan died of a lung disease in 2011. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70The Pataudis have three children. Their eldest son, Saif Ali Khan, is one of the leading actors in Bollywood today. Elder daughter Saba chose a career in jewellery designing. Their youngest daughter Soha Ali Khan worked independently in the financial sector before making a much delayed debut in Bollywood. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70At the tender age of 14, Sharmila Tagore made her film debut as the leading lady in Satyajit Ray's 1959 Bengali film Apur Sansar. She played the role of the ill-fated bride of central character Apu with no prior acting experience whatsoever. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70Sharmila's most successful jodi was with Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna with whom she was first cast in Aradhana (1969). She was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her heart-wrenching performance as the mother of an illegitimate son in the film. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna were again cast together in the 1972 hit Amar Prem in which the actress played Pushpa, a courtesan in Kolkata. The film was most remembered for Rajesh Khanna's dialogue, "Pushpa, I hate tears". The two went on to act in acclaimed films such as Daag, Maalik, Chhoti Bahu and Safar. -
Sharmila Tagore, Elegant and Graceful at 70In the past 20 years, Sharmila has consciously chosen to lead a life away from the arc lights and the greasepaint, acting in only a handful of films such as Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala (1991), the Marathi film Samaantar (2009) and Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007), in which she co-starred with her son Saif Ali Khan.
