"Was Very Upset": Sharmila Tagore On Facing Backlash For Her Bikini Magazine Shoot
'Koffee With Karan 8': Sharmila Tagore opened up about her "famous bikini shot", a photoshoot she did for a magazine back in the 60s.
Film veteran Sharmila Tagore recently made an appearance in Karan Johar's chat show 'Koffee With Karan', along with his son Saif Ali Khan. The actress who was last seen in Disney+ Hotstar film 'Gulmohar', was at her candid best and she also opened up about her "famous bikini shot", a photoshoot she did for a magazine back in the 60s.
For the unversed, Sharmila Tagore had made headlines for this particular photoshoot and also for the swimsuit she wore in the film 'An Evening In Paris'.
"Your famous bikini shot... You know the shot I am talking about. Nobody else wanted it to happen. Even the photographer had some anxiety issues about doing that," Karan Johar said.
To this, Sharmila Tagore replied, "Yes I do."
Saif Ali Khan then chipped in, as he said, "People in my boarding school used to ask me, is that your mum? I was very proud of it."
Speaking further about it, Sharmila Tagore said, "Yes, the photographer was slightly worried and I just thought I looked very nice. It really hurt me later because everybody interpreted it in such a way that I was upwardly mobile, I was trying to catch eyeballs. I didn't feel like that. When it came out in Filmfare, I was in London and I was unaware till Shakti (Samanta) ji called me and said, will you come back quickly? There are terrible things happening here. He said if you want to be in the public eye, this is not the way to go."
"I was very upset with all this... Completely opposite of what I thought would happen so, I sent a telegram because those days you could send telegrams. So, I sent it to Tiger and he said, I am sure you are looking very nice. So that was my support," she added.
Karan Johar then joked how Sharmila Tagore experienced a version of trolling back in the day.
"In many ways, you perhaps experienced trolling also first. A version of trolling, of what happens on social media now," joked Karan Johar.
"Totally, I can't tell you...I believe questions were asked in the Parliament. It was not pleasant for me and learning I did. And after that, I was very careful and I chose Aradhana. It was RRR of our time," Sharmila Tagore added.
