Sharmila Tagore – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Wife: Age, Husband, Birthday, Movies, Father, Son, Daughter, Photos

One of the most iconic veteran actresses of Indian Cinema, Sharmila Tagore is also a wife of the former captain of the Indian cricket team, Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi. Also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana, she received Padma Bhushan in the year 2013, for her contribution to the Indian cinema.

Sharmila was born in Hyderabad and brought up in Kolkata. At the very young age of 13, the beautiful Sharmila was offered to work in films. As she couldn’t do good at studies, she had to choose between films and education. However, her father suggested focusing on her film career. Her younger sister, Oindrila Tagore was the first member of the family to act in a film(Kabuliwala, 1957).

After the death of her husband Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, she asked BCCI to make the upcoming series between India and England to be recognized as the Pataudi Trophy.

• Name: Sharmila Tagore
• Nickname: Begum Ayesha Sultana
• Profession: Indian Actress

Physical Appearance

• Height (approx.): 162 cm(5’ 4”)
• Weight (approx.): 55 kg
• Eye Colour: Dark Brown
• Hair Colour: Dark Brown

Personal Life

• Date of Birth: 8 December 1944
• Sharmila Tagore Age (as on Jan 2020): 76 years
• Birth Place: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
• Nationality:  Indian
• School:
  • Loreto Convent, Asansol, West Bengal, India,
  • St. John’s Diocesan Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Kolkata
• College:  NA
• Educational Qualifications:

Family

While Sharmila was born into a brahmin family, she later converted into Islam before her marriage. She is the great-great-grandniece of India’s most beloved poet, Rabindranath Tagore.

• Sharmila Tagore Father: Gitindranath Tagore
• Mother: Ira Baruah
• Sister: Late Oindrila Kunda (Tinku Tagore), Romila Sen (Chinky Tagore)
• Brother: None
• Religion:
  • Hinduism (by birth)
  • Islam (converted to Islam just before her marriage)
• Address:
• Hometown: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Sharmila Tagore Husband: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

The two genres of cricket and Bollywood always walked parallelly and their love stories have always been a center of entertainment. While Tagore was a huge cricket fan, on the other side, Mansoor had no clue about Bollywood. The duo met through a mutual friend in Delhi.

The Bollywood diva lost her heart to the dashing Pataudi Nawab. She was attracted to cricketer’s great sense of humor. He gifted her a refrigerator(which was considered a big thing at that time), but she wasn’t ready to say yes yet. They dated for years before the Bengali beauty said yes. Sharmila converted herself to Islam and became Ayesha Sultana. They got married in 1969 in a true royal ceremony.

Debut  

• Bengali Film- Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959)
• Hindi Film- Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)

Preferences

• Hobbies: Shopping, Gardening, Reading Books, and Listening to music
• Favorite Director: Satyajit Ray
• Favorite Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra
• Favorite Singer: Begum Akhtar
• Favorite Destinations: France, South Africa
• Favorite Food: Bengali
• Favorite Restaurant: Bukhara, Delhi

Sharmila Tagore Marriage, Children & Grandchildren

• Marital Status: Widow
• Boyfriend: Mansoor Ali Khan
• Sharmila Tagore Husband: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Cricketer)
• Marriage Date: 27 December 1969
• Sharmila Tagore Son: Saif Ali Khan (Actor)
• Sharmila Tagore Daughters: Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (Actress)
• Sharmila Tagore Daughter-in-law: Kareena Kapoor
• Sharmila Tagore Son-in-law- Kunal Khemu
• Sharmila Tagore Grandson(s)- Ibrahim Ali Khan and Taimur Ali Khan
• Sharmila Tagore Granddaughter- Sara Ali Khan

Sharmila Tagore Film Career

• Sharmila Tagore started her career with a Bengali film ‘Apur Sanskar’ in 1959. Her Bollywood debut was a romance drama called ‘Kashmir ki Kali’ alongside Shammi Kapoor in 1964. She also did a film titled vie ‘An Evening in Paris’ where she became the first Indian actress to appear in a bikini in 1967.
• In 1968, she even posed for a Filmfare Magazine wearing a bikini that made her a sex symbol in the Hindi cinema.
• She served as the chairperson of the Indian Film Censor Board between October 2004 and March 2011.
• In 2005, She became the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF India.

Awards and recognitions

•  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)
• Honored with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2013)
• Sharmila Tagore receiving the Padma Bhushan from the President of India
• Lifetime Achievement Award by Ph.D. Chamber of Commerce (2017)
• Sharmila Tagore honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Controversies

NA

Lesser Known Facts

Sharmila is the great-granddaughter of poet Rabindranath Tagore.