Sharmila Tagore

"See Tagore for disambiguation"

Infobox actor
name = Sharmila Tagore Ayesha Sultana
শর্মিলা ঠাকুর

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caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1944|12|8
location = Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India
occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 1959-present
othername = Ayesha Sultana
Ayesha Sultana Khan
Sharmila Tagore Khan
birthname = Sharmila Tagore
imagesize = 232px
spouse = Mansoor Ali Khan (1969 - present)
children = Saif Ali Khan
Soha Ali Khan
Saba Ali Khan
filmfareawards=Best Actress: "Aradhana" (1970)
nationalfilmawards=Best Actress: "Mausam" (1977)
Best Suppoting Actress: "Abar Aranye" (2004)

Sharmila Tagore ( _bn. 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 [http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/08sharmila.htm] .

Background and family

Born in a Bengali Hindu family on 8 December 1944 in Hyderabad , Andhra 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 [A Western Journalist on India, By Francois Gautier, pg. 131] 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).

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." [http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/SharmilaTagore.htm] . She appeared in a number of Ray films, often co-starring with Soumitra Chatterjee.

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" (1972), 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, "", 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.

Sharmila Tagore would be working on her first Marathi film 'Samantar' with Amol Palekar as director and her co-star. Tagore and Aparna Sen are working together for Annirudh Roy-Chowdhary's Antaheen.

Awards

* 1969 - Filmfare Best Actress Award - "Aradhana"

* 1976 - National Film Award for Best Actress - "Mausam "

* 1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

* 2003 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

* 2004 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - "Abar Aranye"

* 2007-08 - Lifetime Achievement National Award (Actress) - " By Journalist Association of India www.journalistassociationofindia.org [phone], [phone]

Select filmography

ee also

*List of Indian film actresses
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References

External links

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* [http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/SharmilaTagore.htm Biography from satyajitray.org]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006040100810200.htm&date=2006/04/01/&prd=mp& Being Sharmila]