Mansoor Ali Khan & Sharmila Tagore are one of the most respected couples in the bollywood industry. They got married in the year 1969 & since then the lovebirds were seen enjoying moments in public.
Sharmila Tagore recently opened about her relationship with her late husband & mentioned that
“It was his sense of humor” that won her heart & she knew somewhere inside that Patudi “won’t hurt her on purpose”.
While discussing her film career & all the notable moments of her life. She revealed that always had a thing for cricketers. Her mother also had the same feeling for cricketers & she loved former Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly.
She recalled her first meeting with Tiger & said
“I met him in around 1965 at somebody’s party. There we got to talk to each other. He had a very British accent and nobody would laugh at his jokes since they didn’t understand them. So, he used to laugh at his jokes himself.” Sharing what made her marry Tiger, the 76-year-old actor added, “I liked his sense of humour and I knew this man won’t hurt me on purpose. I trusted him and he was a true gentleman.”
Sharmila Tagore also once fell prey to Tiger Pataudi’s prank when he presented one of Mirza Ghalib’s poems as his own.
“Tiger told me ‘I have written this for you’. He used to sing, play the flute – ‘Chaudvi Ka Chand’, ‘Dil Jalta Hai Toh Jalne Do’, etc. He was a Begum Akhtar and Talat Mehmood fan. So, once he told me he had written this (poem) and I thought maybe he had written ‘Dil-e-Nadan Tujhe Hua Kya Hai’,”
Sharmila remembered.
But it was actor Feroz Khan who revealed to her that the poem was written by Mirza Ghalib and not her husband.
“So the next day I was shooting with Feroz (Khan) in this film called Safar. So I told him very proudly that Tiger had written this for me. And he said ‘woman, this is Ghalib for God’s sake’,”
the Chupke Chupke actor narrated.