See Tagore for disambiguation
| Sharmila Tagore | |
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 Sharmila Tagore in 2009 |
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| Born | Sharmila Tagore December 8, 1946 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Other name(s) | Ayesha Sultana Ayesha Sultana Khan Sharmila Tagore Khan Sharmila Khan Ayesha Khan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mansoor Ali Khan (1969 – present) |
Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: শর্মিলা ঠাকুর Shormila Ṭhakur; 8 December 1946) is a Indian film actress from Bengal. She has won several National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.
She has led the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador[1].
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Sharmila Tagore was born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India to Gitindranath Tagore who was then Dy. General Manager of the British India Company owner of Elgin Mills.
Tagore began her career as an actress in the 1959 Satyajit Ray film Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), as the ill-fated bride of the title character. As noted on the official website for Ray, "She was just a fourteen-year-old then, with no previous acting experience. As the shooting began, Ray had to shout instructions to Sharmila during the takes. None of this, however, is reflected on the screen. Ray cast her in his next film Devi too."[2] She appeared in a number of Ray films, often co-starring with Soumitra Chatterjee.
She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali in 1964. Samanta again cast her in many more hit films, notably An Evening in Paris (1967), the first appearance on a bikini on an Indian actress,[3][4] which not only shocked conservative Indian audiences[5][6] but also set off a wave of bikini-clad actresses carried forward by Parveen Babi (in Yeh Nazdeekiyan, 1982[7]), Zeenat Aman (in Heera Panna 1973; Qurbani, 1980[7]) and Dimple Kapadia (in Bobby, 1973[7], but established Tagore's role as somewhat of a sex symbol in Bollywood.[8][9][10] Wearing a bikini put her name in the Indian press as one of Bollywood's ten hottest actresses of all time, and was a transgression of female identity through a reversal of the state of modesty, which functions as a signifier of femininity in Bombay films.[11] But, when Tagore was the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, she expressed concerns about the rise of the bikini in Indian films.[12]
Samanta later teamed up Tagore with Rajesh Khanna for movies such as Aradhana (1969) and Amar Prem (1972), where played her one of her memorable roles of Pushpa, the courtesan in city of Kolkata, again opposite Rajesh Khanna, who himself gave his often quoted dialogue in the film, "Pushpa I hate tears..". Other directors paired them together in Daag (1973), Maalik (1972) and Safar (1970). She starred in Gulzar's 1975 film, Mausam, and she played a supporting role as heroine Sarita Choudary's mother in Mira Nair's 1991 film Mississippi Masala.
Her latest release is a Marathi film Samaantar by Amol Palekar. Her earlier releases were Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, brings together real life mother and son, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan. They share screen space for the first time since Aashiq Awara (1993).
Tagore married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978).
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) | Aparna | |
| 1960 | Devi / The Goddess | Doyamoyee | |
| 1963 | Nirjan Saikatey | Renu | |
| 1963 | Chhaya Shurjo | Ghentoo | |
| 1964 | Kashmir Ki Kali | Champa | |
| 1965 | Waqt | Renu Khanna | |
| 1966 | Anupama | Uma Sharma | |
| Devar | |||
| Nayak | Aditi | ||
| 1967 | An Evening in Paris | Deepa Malik/Roopa Malik (Suzy) | |
| Aamne Saamne | |||
| 1968 | Mere Hamdam Mere Dost | Anita | |
| 1969 | Yakeen | Rita | |
| Satyakam | Ranjana | ||
| Aradhana | Vandhana Tripathi | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award | |
| 1970 | Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) | Aparna | |
| 1971 | Seemabaddha | Tutul | |
| Chhoti Bahu | |||
| 1972 | Amar Prem | Pushpa | |
| 1973 | Daag | Sonia Kohli | |
| Aa Gale Lag Jaa | Preeti | ||
| 1975 | Mausam | Chanda/Kajli | Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress |
| Chupke Chupke | Sulekha Chaturvedi | ||
| Faraar | Mala / Asha | ||
| 1977 | Amanush | Rekha | |
| 1982 | Namkeen | Nimki | |
| Desh Premee | Bharti | ||
| 1984 | Sunny | Sunny's mother | |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala | Kinnu | |
| 1993 | Aashiq Awara | Mrs. Singh | |
| 1999 | Mann | Dev's grandmother | |
| 2000 | Dhadkan | Dev's mother | |
| 2005 | Viruddh... Family Comes First | Sumitra Patwardhan | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 2006 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Suhasinidevi | |
| 2007 | Fool and Final | Bhabi | |
| 2008 | Tasveer 8*10 | Savithri Puri | |
| 2009 | Morning Walk | Neelima | |
| Samaantar | Shama Vaze | Marathi |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Filmfare Award | ||
| Preceded by Waheeda Rehman for Neel Kamal |
Best Actress for Aradhana 1969 |
Succeeded by Mumtaz for Khilona |
| Preceded by Dharmendra and Mumtaz |
Lifetime
Achievement 1997 |
Succeeded by Manoj Kumar and Helen |
| National Film Award | ||
| Preceded by Shabana Azmi for Ankur |
Best Actress for Mausam 1976 |
Succeeded by Laxmi for Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal |
| Preceded by Raakhee Gulzar for Shubho Mahurat |
Best
Supporting Actress for Abar Aranye 2004 |
Succeeded by Sheela for Akale |
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