Way
back
in
1966,
veteran
actress
Sharmila
Tagore
created
a
stir
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
when
she
posed
in
a
black-and-white
bikini
for
a
glossy
magazine.
The
leading
lady
was
the
first
mainstream
Bollywood
actress
to
do
a
bold
photoshoot
for
a
magazine.
From
never
shying
away
from
stepping
out
of
her
comfort
zone
to
picking
up
diverse
roles
in
films,
Sharmila
has
always
been
a
trendsetter
in
Bollywood.
Recently,
in
a
session
with
fans
for
Film
Companion,
the
Aaradhna
actress
said
that
her
life
choices
have
been
unconventional
like
the
bikini
shoot
for
Filmfare
she
did
in
1966.
Sharmila
said,
"My
life
choices,
looking
back,
have
been
unconventional.
Like
the
bikini
shot
for
Filmfare,
that
people
don't
ever
let
me
forget."
Earlier,
in
an
interview
with
Filmfare
magazine,
the
senior
actress
had
revealed
that
it
was
her
idea
to
pose
in
a
bikini
for
the
magazine.
Talking
about
it,
she
had
said," Oh!
God,
how
conservative
our
society
was
back
then!
I've
no
idea
why
I
did
that
shoot.
It
was
just
before
I
got
married.
I
remember
when
I
showed
the
two-piece
bikini
to
the
photographer,
he
asked
me,
'Are
you
sure
about
this?'
In
some
of
the
shots,
he
even
asked
me
to
cover
my
body.
He
was
more
worried
than
I
was
but
I
had
no
qualms
doing
that
shoot.
Only
when
people
started
reacting
strongly
to
the
cover,
was
I
taken
aback.
I
was
puzzled
as
to
why
they
didn't
like
the
picture.
I
thought
I
looked
nice.
Some
called
it
a
deliberate
move
to
grab
eyeballs;
others
termed
me
as
'astutely
uncanny'.
I
hated
that.
Maybe,
there
was
an
exhibitionist
in
me,
as
I
was
young
and
excited
to
do
something
different."
No
wonder,
on
Sharmila
Tagore's
birthday
last
year,
her
daughter-in-law
and
actress
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
had
called
her
one
of
the
coolest
and
strongest
women
known
to
her
in
a
heart-warming
post
on
her
Instagram
page.