Sharmila Tagore is one the most iconic actresses in Indian cinema. With a glorious career over decades and still counting, she has created some memorable work on the celluloid, such as Aradhana, Amar Prem, An Evening In Paris, Kashmir Ki Kali, Apur Sansar among many others. Moreover, she has been one such actress who has collaborated with some of the most talented filmmakers of all times, including Satyajit Ray, Shakti Samanta, Gulzar, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and others. Talking about her personal life, the diva got married to cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in 1968. The couple was blessed with three children, Saif Ali Khan, Saba Ali Pataudi and Soha Ali Khan.
Sharmila Tagore once talked about the change in her life, post-marriage and motherhood
Back in 2013, during her presence at the 19th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture, Sharmila Tagore recalled the past and retrospected the changes she witnessed in her life, post getting married and embracing motherhood. Being a superhit actress, Sharmila gracefully managed her flourishing career, as well as fulfilled domestic duties as a mother and wife. Remembering a distinct anecdote, she mentioned:
“I have seen first-hand how marriage and motherhood change a woman’s status. On one particular occasion, just after the huge success of Aradhana, I found myself stranded at a railway station late at night with my three-month-old son. A crowd gathered almost instantly. I had been mobbed before, and I was terrified. But this time, things were different because now I was a mother. I realised then that to my audience, marriage and motherhood had given me substance; now I was worthy of respect. All because now I had a husband and was therefore a bonafide member of society, not just an actress.”