"Old age is not a compulsion, it brings an opportunity to think and do special work..." believes Sharmila Tagore.

Senior actress Sharmila Tagore is rarely seen on screen these days. Recently, she was seen working with Manoj Bajpayee in the film 'Gulmohar'. Then she said that she has not retired, she continues to work. Working does not only mean appearing on screen while acting. She says- "Old age is not burden, it is not a burden, this age is an opportunity for elderly people to think and do special things."

Sharmila Tagore says about her busyness that she is never free. Keeps herself connected with all the work. She is associated with the Broadcasting Content Complaint Council (BCCC). Gives suggestions to manufacturers, and listens to people's complaints. She believes that commercialism comes in the way of everyone. In TV serials it seems that women are the enemy of women. We tell the producers not to do so much. When you explain to them, their arguments are not to be accepted. He explains the compulsion of business. I believe that a person should keep working in whatever field he can, it is necessary. It is not necessary that I am from cinema, so I should keep on acting in cinema. I have heard people saying that their sons and daughters-in-law are abroad and they are living alone in destitution. I would say to those who think in this way why do they consider themselves destitute? They should create a repo with their friends, create a support system in their group. Son and daughter-in-law have their own life, you have your own life. Let them live their lives, you live yours. Life will be happy if you don't take tension. We have to look back at the age and see how we are taking it. Stop seeing your old age as a burden or your work as a decline. Old age is the time when something new can be learned. Learn, do those things which you could not do earlier, old age is the time to fulfill those wishes. These days I do less screen acting myself, so I get time to do a lot of work. I fulfill my desires which I could not do earlier.

Sharmila Tagore puts forth her opinion against the thinking of those who talk of old age as a stick. Is it even wrong to ask are you okay? What if there is old age, they also have brains. They should be inspired to do something, they should not be told things that make them weak.

- Translated by Muskan Taneja

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