In an era when women were rarely seen in films and even if they were, they used to wear only sarees or suits, if any actress wore a bikini or monokini, there was bound to be an uproar. Something similar happened with Saif Ali Khan's mother Sharmila Tagore. When she wore a monokini during the shooting of the film 'An Evening in Paris'. There was a lot of uproar regarding this matter. However, this did not make much difference to Sharmila Tagore. But during that time, something happened that Sharmila Tagore herself had to remove the monokini posters in the middle of the night. Let us know that story.
Sharmila Tagore had said in an old interview given to Times of India, “The film 'I had a very glamorous role in 'An Evening in Paris'. I liked that role, but then I also felt that glamorous roles are good, but if I want people to take me seriously, then I will have to do some meaningful characters also.”
She told, “When I wore a monokini, the entire film industry was surprised. People had raised questions. But if we look at today's films, that scene and the film seem nothing in comparison to them." Another story about Sharmila Tagore is that in those days, Sharmila Tagore was dating former cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Nawab Pataudi wanted to marry Sharmila Tagore. He told this to his mother.
Mansoor Ali Khan's mother Sajida Sultan used to be the Nawab Begum of Bhopal. He expressed his desire to see his future daughter-in-law. At the same time when the film 'An Evening in Paris' was released, posters of Sharmila Tagore in monokini were put up in Mumbai city. When Sharmila came to know that her future mother-in-law was coming, she panicked and called the producer of the film. Sharmila requested him to remove these posters. The producer agreed to Sharmila and got all the posters removed from the city at midnight. After this his mother met Sharmila Tagore and then both of them got married.
