Sharmila Tagore
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| Sharmila Tagore Ayesha Sultana শর্মিলা ঠাকুর |
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| Born | Sharmila Tagore December 8, 1946 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Other name(s) | Ayesha Sultana Ayesha Sultana Khan Sharmila Tagore Khan |
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| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1959-present | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Mansoor Ali Khan (1969 - present) | ||||||||||
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Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: শর্মিলা ঠাকুর Shormila Ṭhakur) (also known as Ayesha Sultana, after marriage) is a renowned Indian film actress from Bengal, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador [1].
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[edit] Background and family
Born in a Bengali Hindu / Brahmo family on 8 December 1946 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Sharmila Tagore is the daughter of Gitindranath Tagore, a distant relative of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi after converting to Islam and took the new name of Begum Ayesha Sultana. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978).
[edit] Work with Satyajit Ray
Sharmila 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.
[edit] Other work
Tagore 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 he would be responsible for famously teaming up her with Rajesh Khanna for Aradhana (1969), Amar Prem (1971), etc. Other directors paired them together in Daag (1973) 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 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), where she had helped launch Saif as a leading man.
[edit] Awards
- 2004 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Abar Aranye
[edit] Select filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1959 | Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) | Aparna | (dir. Satyajit Ray) |
| 1960 | Devi / The Goddess | Doyamoyee | (dir. Satyajit Ray) |
| 1964 | Kashmir Ki Kali | ||
| 1965 | Waqt | Renu Khanna | |
| 1966 | Devar | ||
| 1966 | Anupama | Uma Sharma | |
| 1966 | Nayak | Aditi | (dir. Satyajit Ray) |
| 1967 | An Evening in Paris | Deepa Malik/Roopa Malik (Suzy) | |
| 1968 | Mere Hamdam Mere Dost | Anita | |
| 1969 | Yakeen | Rita | |
| 1969 | Satyakam | Ranjana | |
| 1969 | Aradhana | Vandhana Tripathi | |
| 1970 | Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) | Aparna | (dir. Satyajit Ray) |
| 1971 | Seemabaddha | Tutul | (dir. Satyajit Ray) |
| 1971 | Amar Prem | Pushpa | |
| 1972 | Daag | ||
| 1973 | Aa Gale Lag Jaa | ||
| 1975 | Mausam | Chanda/Kajli | (dir. Gulzar) |
| 1975 | Chupke Chupke | Sulekha Chaturvedi | |
| 1975 | Faraar | ||
| 1977 | Amanush | Rekha | |
| 1982 | Namkeen | Nimki | (dir. Gulzar) |
| 1982 | Desh Premee | Bharti | |
| 1984 | Sunny | Sunny's mother | |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala | Kinnu | (dir. Mira Nair) |
| 1993 | Aashiq Awara | Mrs. Singh | |
| 1999 | Mann | Dev's grandmother | |
| 2000 | Dhadkan | Dev's mother | |
| 2005 | Viruddh... Family Comes First | Sumitra Patwardhan | |
| 2006 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Suhasinidevi | (dir. Vidhu Vinod Chopra) |
| 2007 | Fool and Final | ||
| 2008 | Eight by Ten |
[edit] See also
| Awards | ||
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| 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 Muhurat |
Best Supporting Actress for Abar Aranye 2004 |
Succeeded by Sheela for Akale |
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