Sharmila Tagore was undoubtedly one of the top actresses of her time. However, she once courted controversy when she posed in a bikini for the cover of a film magazine in the 1960s.
Recalling her then boyfriend Mansoor Ali Khan aka Tiger Pataudi’s reaction to the whole controversy, Sharmila said during that controversy, Tiger was travelling so she sent him a telegram telling him all about the controversy. Pataudi wrote back saying, ‘You must be looking very nice’. It was a huge support for her, Sharmila told Barkha Dutt in an interview.
