Sharmila Tagore On KWK 8: The latest episode of Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan season 8 was a blockbuster as it saw film veteran Sharmila Tagore gracing the couch for the first time with her son Saif Ali Khan.

The conversations spanned family dynamics, cinema, and more. Tagore, who was among the first few actresses to wear a bikini on the big screen for her 1967 film An Evening In Paris, spoke about the backlash she got for it.

During the show, Sharmila shared how her bold step grabbed eyeballs, including those seated in Parliament.

Sharmila talks about her bikini photoshoot in 60s

The 79-year-old actress was her unfiltered best on Koffee With Karan 8. She revealed how fans and the film industry were shocked seeing her bikini scene and even added that questions were raised over the same in the Indian Parliament.

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Host Karan said, "Your famous bikini shot... You know the shot I am talking about. Nobody else wanted it to happen. Even the photographer had some anxiety issues about doing that."

Replying to him, Sharmila Tagore stated, "Yes I do." Saif Ali Khan added, "People in my boarding school used to ask me, is that your mum? I was very proud of it."

Sharmila then added, "Yes, the photographer was slightly worried and I just thought I looked very nice. It really hurt me later because everybody interpreted it in such a way that I was upwardly mobile, I was trying to catch eyeballs. I didn't feel like that. When it came out in Filmfare, I was in London and I was unaware till Shakti (Samanta) ji called me and said, will you come back quickly? There are terrible things happening here. He said if you want to be in the public eye, this is not the way to go."

She mentioned that she sent a telegram to Tiger Pataudi and said, "I was very upset with all this... Completely opposite of what I thought would happen so, I sent a telegram because those days you could send telegrams. So, I sent it to Tiger and he said, I am sure you are looking very nice. So that was my support."

"Questions were asked in Parliament. It was not pleasant for me. But learning I did. After that I chose Aaradhna. It was RRR of our time," Sharmila said, referring to her film with Rajesh Khanna in 1969.

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Sharmila Tagore returned to screen after years with Gulmohar this year alongside Manoj Bajpayee.