Sharmila Tagore

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.

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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)

Origin

Hyderabad, Hyderabad district, India

Occupation

film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

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

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharmila%20Tagore
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465830

Tags

• Hyderabad district
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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