Sharmila Tagore

Although she liked Rajesh Khanna and they formed a hit pair in films, eventually she started turning down offers to act in films with him. He was always late to work, and she needed to be home at an earlier time because of her husband and children. After he died in 2012, she wrote the foreword on a biography on Khanna titled "Dark Star" (2014).

Her husband, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, died on September 22, 2011 from respiratory failure at age 70 after 41 years of marriage. They had three children.

Gave birth to her third child at age 31, a daughter Soha Ali Khan on October 4, 1978. Child's father is her late husband, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

Gave birth to her second child, a daughter Saba Ali Khan in 1976. Child's father is her late husband, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

Gave birth to her first child at age 23, a son Saif Ali Khan on August 16, 1970. Child's father is her late husband, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

Sharmila Tagore was 2nd highest paid Hindi actress from 1966-1969 along-with Nanda and Waheeda Rehmaan and became the highest paid actress along-with Mumtaz from 1970-1975 after her pair with Superstar Rajesh Khanna was appreciated with audience.

Mother-in-law of actress Kareena Kapoor. Kareena's mother is actress Babita Kapoor. Babita's aunt is actress Sadhana, who worked with Sharmila many years earlier in the blockbuster Waqt (1965).

She got five films only after Asha Parekh had turned them down: Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) (her Hindi debut film), Waqt (1965), An Evening in Paris (1967), Aradhana (1969) (Tagore won the Filmfare Best Actress Award), and Chhoti Bahu (1971).

Was engaged to cinematographer Soumendu Roy in the 1960's.