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Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore in 2009
Born	Sharmila Tagore December 8, 1946 (1946-12-08) (age 63) 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].

[edit] Early life

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.

She is the great-granddaughter of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

[edit] Career

Sharmila Tagore in one of her memorable roles, Pushpa in Amar Prem, 1972.

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 would cast her in many more hit films such as An Evening in Paris (1967), and teamed her up 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).

[edit] Personal life

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).

[edit] Awards

• 1969 - Filmfare Best Actress Award - Aradhana
• 1976 - National Film Award for Best Actress - Mausam
• 1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2002 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2004 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Abar Aranye
• 2004 - Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France
• 2006 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Viruddh... Family Comes First
• 2007 - Lifetime Achievement National Award (Actress) - By Journalist Association of India

[edit] Select filmography

[edit] See also

• List of Indian film actresses

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sharmila Tagore at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography from satyajitray.org
• Being Sharmila