Sharmila Tagore Height Weight Bra Size Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Sharmila Tagore, also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana Khan (born 8 December 1944), is a retired Indian actress. Primarily known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema, Sharmila Tagore is the recipient of two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema. In 2013, the Government of India, honoured her with Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour for her contributions to the Indian culture through performing arts.
Born into the prominent Tagore family, one of the leading families of Calcutta and a key influence during the Bengali Renaissance, Tagore made her acting debut at age 14 with Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed Bengali drama The World of Apu (1959). She went on to collaborate with Ray on numerous other films, including; Devi (1960), Nayak (1966), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), and Seemabaddha (1971); thus, establishing herself as one of the most prominent figures in Bengali cinema. Tagore’s career further expanded when she ventured into Hindi films, making her debut with Shakti Samanta’s romantic drama Kashmir Ki Kali (1964). She went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema with films like; Waqt (1965), Anupama (1966), An Evening in Paris (1967), Aamne Saamne (1967), Satyakam (1969), Aradhana (1969), Safar (1970), Amar Prem (1972), Daag (1973), Avishkaar (1974), Mausam (1975), Chupke Chupke (1975), and Namkeen (1982). This was followed by a decade of intermittent film appearances including; Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991), Goutam Ghose’s Abar Aranye (2002), and the Hindi films; Aashik Awara (1993), Mann (1999), Viruddh… Family Comes First (2005), Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2006), and finally retiring from acting with her final film appearance Break Ke Baad (2010).
Apart from acting, Tagore has also served as the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification from October 2004 to March 2011. In December 2005, she was chosen as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She was married to cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi with whom she had three children; actors Saif, Soha, and designer Saba. Her son Saif Ali Khan is a famous actor.
Early life
Sharmila Tagore was born on 8 December 1944 in Hyderabad, India to Gitindranath Tagore, a general manager in the British India Corporation, and his wife Ira Tagore (née Baruah). Tagore’s father belonged to the aristocratic Bengali Hindu Tagore family, and were distantly related to the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, while her mother was of Bengali and Assamese Hindu descent and hailed from the Barua family. Gitindranath was the grandson of the noted painter Gaganendranath Tagore, whose own father Gunendranath had been a first cousin of the laureate. In fact, Tagore is more closely related to Rabindranath Tagore through her mother: her maternal grandmother, Latika Barua (née Tagore), was the granddaughter of Rabindranath Tagore’s brother, Dwijendranath Tagore. Tagore’s maternal grandfather (husband of Latika Barua née Tagore) was Jnanadabhiram Barua, an Assamese who was the first principal of Earl Law College in Guwahati (now known as Government Law College), himself the son of the noted social worker Gunabhiram Barua. As a member of the Tagore family, she is also a distant relative of the actress Devika Rani and the painter Abanindranath Tagore (brother of Gaganendranath Tagore).
Tagore was the eldest of three children and had two younger sisters, the late Oindrila Kunda [Tinku Tagore] and Romila Sen [Chinky]. Oindrila was the first in the family to act in a film, and the only role she ever played was that of Mini, the child character (but a central character) in Tapan Sinha’s film Kabuliwala (1957). In adulthood, she became an international bridge player. Her other sister, Romila Sen, married to Nikhil Sen, a businessman who served as Chief Operating Officer of Britannia Industries for several years, died as the founder and managing director of Unibic Foods in November 2019.
Tagore attended St. John’s Diocesan Girls’ Higher Secondary School and Loreto Convent, Asansol. She made her film debut when she was a 13-year-old schoolgirl, after which her studies lost priority. Within a short while, her attendance and performance at school suffered, she came to be regarded as a bad influence on her classmates, and was faced with a choice of either doing films or studying further. At that point, her father advised her to move ahead in life, commit herself to a film career and ‘give it her all’ in order to become successful.
Sharmila Tagore Age Husband Children Family Biography & More
| Bio | |
|---|---|
| Real Name | Sharmila Tagore (Aka Begum Ayesha Sultana) |
| Profession | Indian Actress |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 162 cm in meters- 1.62 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 4” |
| Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 55 kg in Pounds- 121 lbs |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Dark Brown |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 8 December 1944 |
| Age (as in 2022) | 78 Years |
| Birthplace | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| School(s) | • Loreto Convent, Asansol, West Bengal, India, • St. John’s Diocesan Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Kolkata |
| Educational Qualification | Not Known |
| Debut | Bengali Film– Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959) Hindi Film– Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) |
| Awards, Honours | • Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Aradhana (1970) • National Film Award for Best Actress for the film Mausam (1975) • Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1998) • National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Abar Aranye (2003) • Honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2013) • Lifetime Achievement Award by PHD Chamber of Commerce (2017) |
| Family | Father– Gitindranath Tagore Mother– Ira Baruah Brother– None Sisters– late Oindrila Kunda (Tinku Tagore), Romila Sen (Chinky Tagore) |
| Religion | • Hinduism (by birth) • Islam (converted to Islam just before her marriage) |
| Hobbies | Shopping, Gardening, Reading Books, and Listening to music |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favourite Director | Satyajit Ray |
| Favourite Actors | Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra |
| Favourite Singer | Begum Akhtar |
| Favourite Destinations | France, South Africa |
| Favourite Food | Bengali Cuisine |
| Favourite Restaurant | Bukhara, Delhi |
| Boys, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Widow |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | Mansoor Ali Khan |
| Husband/Spouse | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Cricketer) |
| Marriage Date | 27 December 1969 |
| Children | Son– Saif Ali Khan (Actor) Daughters– Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (Actress) Daughter-in-law– Kareena Kapoor Son-in-law– Kunal Khemu Grandson(s)– Ibrahim Ali Khan Taimur Ali Khan Granddaughter– Sara Ali Khan |
Personal life
Tagore married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the titular Nawab of Pataudi and Bhopal and former captain of the Indian cricket team, on 27 December 1968. They had three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), a Bollywood actor, Saba Ali Khan (b. 1976), a jewellery designer, and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978), a Bollywood actress and TV personality. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi died at age 70, on 22 September 2011.
Saif was married to actress Amrita Singh from 1991 to 2004, having two children, daughter Sara Ali Khan (b.1995) and son Ibrahim Ali Khan (b.2001). He then married actress Kareena Kapoor in 2012, having two sons Taimur Ali Khan( b.2016) and Jahangir Ali Khan(b.2021). Soha married actor Kunal Khemu in 2015 having an daughter Inaaya Naumi Khemmu (b.2017).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1960 | Devi (The Goddess) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1963 | Shes Anko | Haridas Bhattacharya |
| Nirjan Saikate | Tapan Sinha | Renu |
| Barnali | Ajoy Kar | Aloka Choudhury |
| Chhaya Shurjo | Partha Pratim Chowdhury | Ghentoo |
| 1964 | Kashmir Ki Kali | Shakti Samanta |
| 1965 | Waqt | Yash Chopra |
| Dak Ghar | Zul Vellani | guest appearance |
| 1966 | Anupama | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Devar | Mohan Sehgal | Madhumati / Banwariya |
| Sawan Ki Ghata | Shakti Samanta | Seema |
| Nayak | Satyajit Ray | Aditi |
| Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi | Brij | Kiran / Kiranmai |
| 1967 | Milan Ki Raat | R.Bhattacharya |
| An Evening in Paris | Shakti Samanta | Deepa Malik / Roopa Malik (Suzy) |
| Aamne Saamne | Suraj Prakash | Sapna Mathur / Sapna G. Mittal |
| 1968 | Mere Hamdam Mere Dost | Amar Kumar |
| Humsaya | Joy Mukherjee | Leena Sen |
| Dil Aur Mohabbat | Anand Dutta | Anuradha Verma |
| 1969 | Yakeen | Brij |
| Satyakam | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Ranjana |
| Talash | O. P. Ralhan | Madhu / Gauri |
| Aradhana | Shakti Samanta | Vandhana Tripathi |
| Pyasi Sham | Amar Kumar | Madhu |
| 1970 | Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) | Satyajit Ray |
| Suhana Safar | Vijay | Sapna |
| Mere Humsafar | Dulal Guha | Taruna / Meenakshi |
| My Love | S. Sukhdev | Sangeeta Thakur |
| Safar | Asit Sen | Neela Kapoor |
| 1971 | Seemabaddha | Satyajit Ray |
| Chhoti Bahu | K.B. Tilak | Radha |
| 1972 | Amar Prem | Shakti Samanta |
| Dastaan | B.R.Chopra | Meena |
| Yeh Gulistan Hamara | Atma Ram | Soo Reni |
| Maalik | A. Bhimsingh | Savitri |
| 1973 | Raja Rani | Sachin Bhowmick |
| Daag | Yash Chopra | Sonia Kohli |
| Aa Gale Lag Jaa | Manmohan Desai | Preeti |
| 1974 | Shaandaar | Krishnan–Panju |
| Avishkaar | Basu Bhattacharya | Mansi |
| Paap Aur Punya | Prayag Raj | Jugni |
| Charitraheen | Shakti Samanta | Rama Chaudhary |
| Shaitaan | Firoze Chinoy | Nisha |
| 1975 | Mausam | Gulzar |
| Anari | Asit Sen | Poonam |
| Chupke Chupke | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Sulekha Chaturvedi |
| Faraar | Shanker Mukherjee | Mala / Asha |
| Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka | Devendra Goel | Aruna |
| Amanush | Shakti Samanta | Lekha |
| 1976 | Ek Se Badhkar Ek | Brij |
| 1977 | Anand Ashram | Shakti Samanta |
| Tyaag | Din Dayal Sharma | Sunita |
| 1978 | Besharam | Deven Verma |
| 1979 | Chuvanna Chirakukal | N. Sankaran Nair |
| Dooriyaan | Bhimsain Khurana | Lalita |
| Griha Pravesh | Basu Bhattacharya | Mansi |
| 1981 | Kalankini Kankabati | Uttam Kumar |
| 1982 | Namkeen | Gulzar |
| Desh Premee | Manmohan Desai | Bharti |
| 1983 | Protidan | Prabhat Roy |
| Gehri Chot – Urf: Durdesh | Ambrish Sangal–Ehtesham | Shobha |
| 1984 | Sunny | Raj Khosla |
| 1986 | New Delhi Times | Ramesh Sharma |
| 1988 | Anurodh | Jayanta Bhattarcharya |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala | Mira Nair |
| 1993 | Aashiq Awara | Umesh Mehra |
| 1998 | Ghar Bazar | D.S. Azad |
| 1999 | Mann | Indra Kumar |
| 2000 | Dhadkan | Dharmesh Darshan |
| 2002 | Abar Aranye | Goutam Ghose |
| 2003 | Shubho Mahurat | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2005 | Viruddh… Family Comes First | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| 2006 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| 2007 | Fool and Final | Ahmed Khan |
| 2008 | Tasveer 8*10 | Nagesh Kukunoor |
| 2009 | Antaheen | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
| Morning Walk | Arup Dutta | Neelima |
| Samaantar | Amol Palekar | Shama Vaze |
| 2010 | Break Ke Baad | Danish Aslam |