Sharmila Tagore remembers the bikini controversy, said- 'The poster was removed from the driver when mother-in-law came'
Recently, actress sharmila tagore has spoken about the reaction to her bikini scene in her film 'An evening in Paris'. Let us tell you what he has said.
Veteran actress sharmila tagore has been a very beautiful actress of her time. Nowadays it has become common to wear a bikini, but the actress wore a bikini at that time when people's mindset about it was very small. Recently, sharmila tagore spoke about the response she got for her bikini scene in her 1967 film 'An evening in Paris'. He said that the public including the film industry was "quite shocked" by this.
The veteran actress said that at that time questions were asked about it in parliament as well. sharmila also recalled how she had asked her driver to remove a poster of the film near her house in the middle of the night, as her mother-in-law was coming to town. After the release of the film, sharmila said that she realized that 'having a glamorous image is great', but if she wanted to be taken seriously, she had to be much better than that.
Speaking about the response to her film 'An evening in Paris' at an event of 'Times of India', sharmila tagore said, "When I did 'An evening in Paris', my bikini scene was shocking. The public was quite shocked. I believe questions were asked in parliament at that time. However, compared to the kind of films we see today, it looks very innocent now."
When sharmila tagore got her bikini posters removed from outside the house
She recalled an incident around the film's release, "I remember there was a poster of the film on the road (near her house) and my mother-in-law was coming to town, so I called my driver late at night. I was asked to remove that poster. I had no idea that there could be other posters on the way from the airport." Sharmila also said that after 'Aradhana' she did films like 'Amar Prem' (1972), 'Avishkar' (1974), 'Mausam' (1975), and 'Namkeen' (1982) which influenced her. She said that she managed to take herself to a different level from glamour.
When sharmila tagore showed her bold style by wearing a bikini
Born into a Tagore family, sharmila tagore made her debut in the film industry in 1959 at the age of 14 and within no time carved a niche for herself in hindi and bengali cinema. It is about 1966 when sharmila wore a bikini for a magazine shoot. She showed her bold side in a sky-blue one-piece swimsuit in her film 'An evening in Paris' and a black bikini for the cover of 'Filmfare magazine. Sharmila Tagore recently made a comeback to acting with the film 'Gulmohar'. Directed by rahul Chittela, the film also stars Manoj Bajpayee, Suraj Sharma, and others. As of now, sharmila is enjoying her personal and professional life very well.
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