Sharmila Tagore lived with Tiger Pataudi before her marriage, she received death threats for their interracial marriage: ‘Yash Chopra told me that nawabs are suspicious people’ | Hindi Movie News

Sharmila Tagore married to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (aka Tiger Pataudi) for 43 years, before his death in 2011. Their interfaith marriage in 1968 caused a huge uproar as it was unusual in those days. Tagore’s parents threatened to kill him and many warned him about his decision. In an interview, the “Aaradhna” actress opened up about her marriage with Tiger Pataudi and revealed that they lived together before marriage. In an interview with Barkha Dutt, she said: “We lived together before we got married because it was easy.” Tiger used to go to the Cricket Club of India to bathe because I was a bad housekeeper. Nothing went well at home. “Laughing at the memory, Sharmila admits that running a house was not her forte at that time. “I was a terrible housekeeper. I’ve learned over the years.”At a time when interfaith marriages were widely accepted, Sharmila’s relationship with Tiger became the subject of widespread public discussion. Although the family was busy with their jobs, he remembered that it was their families who faced a lot of pressure. “We didn’t really hear because I was working and Tigers were playing cricket, but my parents and Tiger’s mother were forced to do this because there was a lot to talk about. The media didn’t make our marriage last 15 months. They predicted it would be a disaster.”Sharmila also remembered the filmmaker Yash Chopra Expressing anxiety before the wedding. “Yash Chopra told me, ‘These Nawabs are very suspicious people, so you have to be very careful.’ He was a very good friend and very caring.”He added that the family had received death threats before the event. “My parents received telegrams saying, ‘Bullets will talk.’ He decided to arrange the wedding in Fort William because he thought it was a very safe place. There was a problem with the guest list and permission was revoked. We had to quickly shift the wedding to the ambassador’s residence,” said the actor. Sharmila had previously spoken about these threats in an interview with Twinkle Khanna about Tweak Indiashe remembers how telegrams warning that “bullets will talk” were sent because she was marrying a Muslim man. Although the marriage was violent, the ceremony was held peacefully without any incident.Reflecting on married life, Sharmila said that some of the biggest things in her life were seeing Tiger’s behavior.“I was very angry at the time, but I learned a lot from Tiger, who was a very kind man, and he always said, ‘When you have dogs, canes and children, don’t raise your voice.’He also said that Tiger never tried to change him because of his criticism. He didn’t really yell at me or make fun of me. Because of being there, he taught me patience and understanding.”“Words can be very cruel. Once they are spoken, you can’t take them back. You can be angry, you can disagree, but don’t say hurtful things to each other because those words last forever,” he added.