Bollywood actresses like Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, and others live an ultra-luxurious life. However, there is one actress, who lives in a Rs 800-crore house and still has to save money by getting it whitewashed and not painted. The actress we are talking about is regarded among the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema.
She was also the first Indian actress to wear a bikini on screen. She is none other than Sharmila Tagore. Sharmila Tagore made her film debut at the age of 13 and after that, she left her studies to focus on becoming an actress on her father's advice.
She made her Hindi film debut with Shakti Samanta's musical romance Kashmir Ki Kali alongside Shammi Kapoor and later became the first actress to wear a bikini on screen establishing her as a sex symbol in Bollywood. By the 60s, Sharmila Tagore established herself as the leading actress in Hindi cinema and then ruled for years in the industry with movies like Waqt, Anupama, An Evening in Paris, Aamne Saamne, Satyakam, Aradhana, Safar, Amar Prem, Daag, Avishkaar, Chupke Chupke, Mausam, and Namkeen. The actress married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the titular Nawab of Pataudi and Bhopal and former captain of the Indian cricket team.
The couple has three children from their marriage, Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan, and Saba Ali Khan. The actress now lives in a Rs 800-crore mansion, the Pataudi Palace. However, the actress' daughter Soha Ali Khan, recently revealed in an interview that to sa.