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My Take
What impresses me most about Sharmila Tagore is endurance. A career spanning six decades across both Hindi and Bengali cinema is no accident; it takes reinvention. She won Best Actress in 1976 and Best Supporting Actress nearly thirty years later, proof she stayed relevant through entirely different eras of filmmaking. The Padma Bhushan and a French Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres show recognition crossing borders. I'm drawn, too, to the duality of her life as Begum Ayesha Sultana off-screen. She seems to me someone who never let a single identity define her, and that range is rarer than any single great role.
Overview
Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: [ʃɔɾˈmila ˈʈʰakuɾ] ; born 8 December 1944), also known by her married name Begum Ayesha Sultana, is an Indian actress whose career has spanned over six decades across Hindi and Bengali films.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sharmila Tagore
- Name (Japanese)
- シャルミラ・タゴール
- Reading
- しゃるみら・たごーる
- Born
- December 8, 1944 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Hyderabad, Hyderabad district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Padma Bhushan
- 1976 National Film Award for Best Actress
- 2004 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 1999 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.