Unconventional Love Story Of Bengali Beauty Sharmila Tagore And Charming Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Cricket and Bollywood have always been closely knit.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi married Bollywood diva, Sharmila Tagore.
Mansoor Ali Khan was the youngest captain of the Indian cricket team
Sharmila Tagore was the first actress to have posed in a bikini and broke the taboos of that time.
1965: the very beautiful, Sharmila Tagore met the then Indian cricket team captain, Mansoor Ali Khan through a common friend
While Sharmila was a self-confessed cricket fan, Mansoor had no clue about Bollywood.
Mansoor lost his heart to the innocent beauty with a mature outlook
The Nawab of Pataudi had to do a lot of wooing in order to impress the Bengali beauty.
He even gifted her a refrigerator, but that did not work.
It were the roses and letters, which were sent over a span of four years that made Sharmila say 'yes'.
He finally proposed to her on the streets of Paris.
Family had a major problem that Sharmila belonged to a Bengali family, while Nawab had royal lineage and was a Muslim.
To marry Nawab, Sharmila converted to Islam and became Ayesha Sultana
Shamrmila left Bollywood for a while for marriage, but returned shortly.
December 27, 1969, the lovebirds got married and the wedding was a truly royal affair.
Sharmila's wedding attire won many hearts and was later on repeated by her daughter-in-law, Kareena Kapoor.
Sharmila and Nawab have been a very impulsive couple who challenged a lot of major conventions together.
They broke the rules, fell in love, and proved their love to the world.
42 years of togetherness, and one big beautiful family is what defines the marriage of these two.
Although, Tiger Pataudi has passed away, his family is carrying forward his legacy with pride.
They had three children
Saif Ali Khan born in 1970, a Bollywood actor
Saba Ali Khan born in 1976, a jewellery designer
Soha Ali Khan born in 1978, a Bollywood actress and TV personality.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi died, at age 70, on 22 September 2011
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