D O B December 8,1946
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Known For Actor
Married Yes

Biography Begum Ayesha Sultana born Sharmila Tagore December is a Indian film actress She has won several National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances She has led the Indian Film Censor Board In December she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sharmila Tagore was born in a Hindu Bengali family in Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India to Gitindranath Tagore who was then Dy General Manager of the British India Company owner of Elgin Mills Tagore began her career as an actress in the 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 She appeared in a number of Ray films often co-starring with Soumitra Chatterjee br She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali in Samanta again cast her in many more hit films notably An Evening in Paris the first appearance on More a two-piece bikini of an Indian actress Sadhana had appeared in one-piece bikini in earlier films which not only shocked conservative Indian audiences but also set off a wave of bikini-clad actresses carried forward by Parveen Babi in Yeh Nazdeekiyan Zeenat Aman in Heera Panna Qurbani and Dimple Kapadia in Bobby but established Tagore's role as somewhat of a sex symbol in Bollywood Wearing a bikini put her name in the In dian press as one of Bollywood's ten hottest actresses of all time and was a transgression of female identity through a reversal of the state of modesty which functions as a signifier of femininity in Bombay films But when Tagore was the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification she expressed concerns about the rise of the bikini in Indian films Samanta later teamed up Tagore with Rajesh Khanna for movies such as Aradhana and Amar Prem where played the role of Pushpa the courtesan in city of Kolkata again opposite Rajesh Khanna who himself gave his often quoted dialogue in the film Pushpa I hate tears Other directors paired them together in Daag Maalik and Safar She starred in Gulzar's film Mausam and she played a supporting role as heroine Sarita Choudhury's mother in Mira Nair's film Mississippi Masala Her latest release is a Marathi film Samaantar by Amol Palekar Her earlier releases were Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 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 Tagore converted to Islam and married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Nawab of Pataudi in a Nikah ceremony held on December She took on the name Ayesha Sultan after her marriage They have three children Saif Ali Khan b Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan b