Sharmila Tagore
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Tagore at Lux Golden Rose Awards 2016
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| Native name | শর্মিলা ঠাকুর |
| Born |
Sharmila Tagore 8 December 1944 Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Other names | Begum Ayesha Sultana |
| Occupation | Model, Actress |
| Years active | 1959–1984 1991–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Mansoor Ali Khan |
| Children | Saif, Saba, Soha |
| Relatives |
Tagore family (by birth) Pataudi family (by marriage) Jnanadabhiram Barua (maternal grandfather) |
Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana; born 8 December 1944) is an Indian film actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has received two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards for her performances.
She led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She was one of the International Competition's Jury Members at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, she was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
Tagore was born in Hyderabad, India, the daughter of Gitindranath Tagore, a general manager in the British India Corporation, by his wife Ira Tagore (née Barua). While Tagore's father belonged to a Bengali family, her mother came from an Assamese family, and both of them were distantly related to the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Gitindranath was the grandson of the noted painter Gaganendranath Tagore, whose own grandfather Girindranath had been a first cousin of the laureate. In fact, Sharmila Tagore is more closely related to Rabindranath Tagore through her mother: her maternal grandmother Latika Barua (née Tagore) was the granddaughter of Rabindranath Tagore's brother Dwijendranath Tagore. Tagore's maternal grandfather (husband of Latika Barua née Tagore) was Jnanadabhiram Barua, the first Principal of Earl Law College in Guwahati (now known as Government Law College), himself the son of the noted social worker Gunabhiram Barua. As a member of the Tagore family, Sharmila Tagore is also a distant relative of the actress Devika Rani and the painter Abanindranath Tagore (brother of Gaganendranath Tagore)
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