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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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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The 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.
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Sharmila 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.
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In 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.
