Sharmila Tagore at 80: Celebrating a Legendary Career Through 10 Timeless Films and Iconic Songs

Turning 80, Sharmila Tagore’s film legacy reads like a time capsule - spanning art house gems, breezy romances, and ballads audiences still hum without noticing. Sharmila Tagore made her debut when she was barely 14, in Satyajit Ray’s “Apur Sansar” (1959), where her silent, luminous Aparna made critics take notice. Most actors ease in, but that's not Sharmila. Ray would cast her again, notably in “Devi” (1960), reimagining what a woman’s frailty (and grit) looked like on film. Reinventing the Heroine Sharmila Tagore and Shammi Kapoor in Kashmir ki Kali. Deewana hua badal refuses to age - a timeless classic indeed! (@oldbollywoodlover/Instagram) In “Kashmir Ki Kali” (1964), the “Diwana Hua Badal” girl with blown-out eyeliner and fresh snow flirted playfully - a far cry from her earlier work. Only three years later, she donned a swimsuit in “An Evening in Paris” (1967), a pop-culture bombshell before Bollywood was ready. The ...

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