The very beautiful and bold actress of Indian films, Sharmila Tagore, still looks as beautiful as she used to be in her time. Sharmila was considered the most beautiful actress in the 60-70s. Not only this, Sharmila Tagore was the first to start wearing bikini in Bollywood during that period. It can be said that Sharmila was the first actress to wear bikini in Bollywood. Whose bikini wearing created a ruckus everywhere. Sharmila Tagore is celebrating her 78th birthday. So let us tell you some special things related to her life about her birthday... Sharmila Tagore was born on 8 December 1944. Born in Hyderabad, Sharmila was born in a Hindu Bengali family. Sharmila started her acting career with Satyajit Ray's film 'Apur Sansar', which was in Bengali. Her acting in this film was highly appreciated. She has done many hit films in her career so far. Sharmila did a bikini photoshoot for the 19 August 1966 issue of Filmfare magazine. She became the first Indian actress to do so. Sharmila's move created a ruckus even in the Parliament. According to reports, when photographer Dhiren Chavda asked her what she was going to wear for the shoot, Sharmila took out her two-piece floral swimsuit from her purse and said that she would get the photoshoot done in it. Sharmila married former Indian cricket team captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Sharmila Tagore and Nawab Pataudi first met in Delhi through a common friend. To impress Sharmila, Tiger Pataudi also gifted her a refrigerator. Nawab Pataudi's family was also against his marriage with Sharmila, who was a sex symbol of that era. After dating for 4 years, they got married on 27 December 1969. After marriage, Sharmila changed her religion. Sharmila Tagore changed her name to Ayesha Sultana. During that time, there were huge hoardings in Mumbai in which Sharmila was wearing a bikini. Then one day Sharmila came to know that Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's mother was coming to Mumbai to meet her. Now Sharmila Tagore was shocked. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi had no objection to Sharmila's bikini posters because he understood the needs of her profession. When Sharmila could not think of anything, she called the producer of her film and got her bikini posters removed from every place in Mumbai. When Sharmila and Mansoor Ali Khan got married, people said that their relationship would end in a few years. At that time, there were reports that people were betting that Sharmila and Tiger Pataudi's marriage would break soon. However, Tiger Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore's relationship lasted till the end. Sharmila's film 'Kashmir Ki Kali' took her career to new heights. After this, she gave memorable performances in films like 'Aradhana', 'Amar Prem', 'Waqt', 'Aamne-Saamne' and made everyone crazy with her beauty as well as her acting. Read also: Why Suman Indori: The Journey of Teerth, Devika & Suman Is a Must-Watch Stampede at the screening of 'Pushpa 2', 1 woman dead, 3 injured Ravi Dubey will play Laxman in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, the actor confirmed Baba Siddique was the one who wanted to kill Salman Khan before the murder