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Sharmila Tagore’s Biography
Sharmila Tagore is a retired Indian actress who was mainly working in the Hindi Film industry. Sharmila Tagore worked in the Hindi Film industry. The height of Sharmila Tagore is 5.4 feet. Sharmila Tagore's birthplace is Kanpur India.
A retired Indian actress best known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana) has won two National Film Awards a Filmfare Award and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema.
She was given the Padma Bhushan the country's third-highest civilian honor in 2013 by the Indian government in recognition of her contributions to Indian culture through the performing arts.
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Sharmila Tagore’s Age
Sharmila Tagore was born on 8 December 1944. Sharmila Tagore’s age is 78 years as of 2022. Sharmila Tagore's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Sharmila Tagore’s Family
Sharmila Tagore’s father is Gitindranath Tagore. Sharmila Tagore’s mother’s name is Ira Baruah. Sharmila Tagore’s sisters are the late Oindrila Kunda (Tinku Tagore) and Romila Sen (Chinky Tagore).
Sharmila Tagore was born on December 8 1944 in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) United Provinces to Gitindranath Tagore and Ira Tagore (née Baruah) both general managers for the British India Corporation. While her mother was of Assamese Hindu ancestry and came from the Barua family Tagore's father was of the aristocratic Bengali Hindu Tagore family who was distantly connected to the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
Sharmila Tagore’s Education
Sharmila Tagore’s school is Loreto Convent Asansol West Bengal India and St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School Kolkata.
When she was 13 years old she made her cinematic debut which caused her schoolwork to become less important. She quickly started to struggle with her attendance and academic performance became disliked by her peers and was given the option of choosing between making movies or continuing her education. Her father then gave her the following advice: advance in life dedicate yourself to a film profession and 'give it her all' to succeed.
Sharmila Tagore’s Boyfriend
There are no boyfriends of Sharmila Tagore.
Sharmila Tagore's Husband
Sharmila Tagore's husband is Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi one as of 2022. On December 27 1968 Tagore married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi the titular Nawab of Pataudi and Bhopal and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. She thereafter changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. They had three kids: jewelry designer Saba Ali Khan (born in 1976) Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan (born in 1970) an actress and TV personality Soha Ali Khan (born in 1978). On September 22 2011 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who was 70 years old passed away.
Sharmila Tagore’s Career
Sharmila Tagore’s First movie Apur Sansar (1959)
Apur Sansar popularly known as The World of Apu is a 1959 Bengali-language drama movie that Satyajit Ray produced wrote and directed. It is based on the second half of the novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The World of Apu is the third and final installment of Ray's The Apu Trilogy which also includes Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956).
The trilogy is about the early years of a young Bengali named Apu in early 20th-century India. Soumitra Chatterjee plays Apu in The World of Apu while Sharmila Tagore plays Apu's wife Aparna; both actors would go on to participate in numerous more Ray movies.
Sharmila Tagore’s movie Aradhana (1969)
Shakti Samanta's 1969 Indian Hindi romantic drama film Aradhana often known as Worship starred Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. At the 17th Filmfare Awards it was given the Best Filmfare Award. Tagore received just one Filmfare Best Actress honor.
Arun Vandana's spouse dies in an airplane accident yet no one recognizes their union. She is then compelled to give her child up for adoption and work as his nanny in order to be by his side.
Sharmila Tagore’s movie Mausam (1975)
Sanjeev Kumar and Sharmila Tagore feature in Gulzar's 1975 Indian Hindi-language musical romance movie Mausam (translated as Season). It is loosely based on A.J. Cronin's 1961 book The Judas Tree. At the 23rd National Film Festival Sharmila Tagore won The Silver Lotus Award for her acting and the movie itself won Second Best Feature Film. At the 24th Filmfare Awards the movie received nominations in eight categories and won two. The movie received numerous more honors as well.
Amarnath Gill seeks medical attention from a nearby doctor for an injury he sustained while preparing for his examinations. She reciprocates Amarnath's attraction to his daughter. Amarnath makes empty vows to return to her.
Sharmila Tagore’s movie Sunny (1984)
Raj Khosla's Indian film Sunny was released in 1984. Dharmendra Waheeda Rehman Sharmila Tagore Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh play key parts in the film. Although they do not appear together onscreen Dharmendra played Sunny Deol's father in the movie. Sunny Deol is his real-life son.
They later shared the screen in movies like Sultanat (1986) and Kshatriya (1993). The songs Aur Kya Ahade Wafa Hote Hain and Jane Kya Baat Hai both written by Anand Bakshi and composed by R. D. Burman are two that stand out from the film.
After Indrajeet passes away his wife adopts Sitara's son Sunny and raises him by herself. Indrajeet fathers a child with a prostitute named Sitara. Sunny eventually ends up falling for Sitara's niece years later.
Sharmila Tagore’s movie Virruddh (2005)
Mahesh Manjrekar's drama film Virruddh... Family Comes First was released in 2005 and is in the Hindi language. Amitabh Bachchan Sharmila Tagore Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham are the movie's stars. As opposed to being a musical Viruddh uses the soundtrack mostly as background music. Following the murder of their only son Amar Vidhyadhar Patwardhan and Sumitra a typical 60+ couple are forced to reexamine their belief in social norms and human values.
Sharmila Tagore’s Upcoming Movies
There are no upcoming movies of Sharmila as of 2022.
Sharmila Tagore’s Career Timeline
Sharmila Tagore Controversy
For the uninitiated Sharmila participated in a picture session for Filmfare magazine in 1966. She was seen in the photo wearing a black and white bikini. She was likely the first actress to ever be so open with the cameras. So much so that the photographer even questioned whether she was certain.
Sharmila Tagore’s Net worth
A movie actress with a net worth of $50 million or 374 crores. is Sharmila Tagore. The actress has won a Filmfare and a National Film Award and has appeared in movies like Mausam and Aradhana.
Sharmila Tagore’s Awards
- 3rd IFFI 1965 - Best Actress for Nirjan Saikate - Won
- Filmfare Awards 1970 - Best Actress for Aradhana - Won
- Filmfare Awards 1971 - Best Actress for Safar - Nominated
- Filmfare Awards 1977 - Best Actress for Mausam - Nominated
- Filmfare Awards 1985 - Best Supporting Actress for Sunny - Nominated
- Filmfare Awards 1998 - Lifetime Achievement Award for - Won
- Filmfare Awards 2006 - Best Actress for Viruddh - Nominated
- National Film Awards 1976 - Best Actress for Mausam - Won
- National Film Awards 2004 - Best Supporting Actress for Abar Aranye - Won
- Screen Awards 2006 - Best Actress for Viruddh - Nominated
- She received the Padma Bhushan award from the Indian government in 2013
11 Interesting facts about Sharmila Tagore
- She is the poet Rabindranath Tagore's great-granddaughter.
- Sharmila was raised in Kolkata for a while even though she was born in Hyderabad.
- At the age of 13 she received an offer to work in a movie.
- Sharmila struggled academically. She had very little attendance was seen as a poor influence on her classmates and was forced to choose between making movies and continuing her education.
- The only part her younger sister Oindrila played was Mini in Tapan Sinha's movie Kabuliwala making her the first member of the family to make an acting debut (1957).
- For the 1967 film An Evening in Paris she was the first Indian actress to appear in a bikini cementing Sharmila's status as a sex icon.
- She additionally posed in a bikini for the opulent Filmfare magazine in 1968.
- Sharmila converted to Islam and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana before she married Mansoor Ali Khan though she and her family never used that name.
- She was selected to represent UNICEF India as its Goodwill Ambassador in 2005.
- Between October 2004 and March 2011 Sharmila Tagore presided over the Indian Film Censor Board as its chair.
- She received the Padma Bhushan award from the Indian government in 2013.