Sharmila Tagore Special: In today’s era of social media, you must be familiar with the word trolling. But when there was no social media, did anyone still get trolled? Have you ever wondered which Bollywood celebrity was the first victim of trolling across the country? If you don’t know then we will tell you. That personality is the famous actress of her time, Sharmila Tagore. Yes! Saif Ali Khan’s mother Sharmila Tagore.
Sharmila Tagore has been a first-time actress in many ways. Recently, you must have seen him answering many questions candidly in ‘Koffee with Karan’. Let us know those interesting things which make us think whether even in the 60s and 70s, anyone could have been as bold as Sharmila Tagore was.
Had to be a victim of trolling at that time: Sharmila started her acting career with Satyajit Ray’s Bengali film ‘Apur Sansar’. After this, Sharmila stepped into Bollywood with the film Kashmir Ki Kali. After this he gave many excellent films one after the other. But his different and outspoken style was seen for the first time in the film ‘An Evening in Paris’. He got recognition for the film. But this was the film due to which she became the first Indian actress to become a victim of trolling in the era of telegrams and letters.
What happened then?
Sharmila Tagore has recently narrated stories related to this film in Koffee with Karan and before also. He told how he had to face criticism because of this film. What actually happened was that she had to shoot in a bikini for this film directed by Shakti Samanta, released in 1967. This was a big thing for that time. For the first time an actress was going to appear on screen in Two Pieces. When this scene was being shot, everyone from the cameraperson to the team got worried. This was a new thing for everyone.
Sharmila says that she still remembers that day when the cameraman asked her what she was going to wear for the next scene and I took out two pieces from my purse and kept them outside and told her that she was going to wear these. His face was worth seeing because things that seem so normal today were taboo in those days.
In this story told by Sharmila, she had to face public anger across the country for the film. Questions were even asked in Parliament regarding this matter. She told that she started living alone and after this she started being careful in choosing scripts for films.
Due to fear of mother-in-law, I had removed my poster from the roadside
Sharmila Tagore’s husband and mother of former Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was to come to Mumbai. When she was about to come, Sharmila saw a poster of her in bikini near her house. Due to fear of his mother-in-law, he hurriedly sent his driver to get the poster removed. She was afraid that her mother-in-law might see it.
In what other respects is Sharmila Tagore different?
- Sharmila Tagore did a bikini shoot at a time when this was not at all a common thing. Despite facing the anger of the public, he did films one after the other in Bollywood. He made his mark with superhit films like Aradhana. Let us know more interesting things related to him.
- Sharmila Tagore was born in a Bengali Brahmin family. Sharmila, who fell in love with famous cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan, changed her religion and married him.
- There is one more special thing about Sharmila Tagore which you might not know. He belongs to the family of famous litterateur and poet Rabindranath Tagore. She is the granddaughter of Ravindra Nath Tagore’s younger brother.
- Sharmila Tagore was one of the highest paid actresses in the 60s and 70s. He has worked in many superhit films like Kashmir Ki Kali, Aradhana, Anupama, Waqt and Chupke Chupke. Along with the Best Actress Award, she has also been awarded the National Award twice.
- In Koffee with Karan, Sharmila Tagore told that she was an actress of her time who used to wear hipsters. He also told that at that time there was no actress in Bollywood who used to go to wrap parties. But she also used to go and have a lot of fun.
Sharmila Tagore is still active
Sharmila is still active in acting. their year 2023 She also appeared in the film ‘Gulmohar’, in which she defined her strong personality and played the character of a queer. He also received a lot of praise for this film.