Meet B'wood's first bikini girl Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore has an impressive family lineage. She comes from Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore's family. So she has it in her genes. And royalty shows on her face. Sharmils Tagore has been ahead of her times. At a time when exposing was a taboo in Bollywood, Sharmila Tagore showed her bolder face by donning a bikini. Her acting caliber was beyond any questions and she was a favourite among the masses and the classes. She created lots of controversies when her affair with the then legendary cricketer Nawab Pataudi was made public. Coming from an orthodox Brahmin family, she decided to marry a muslim and this was the biggest news of the day. Her boldness and going beyond the cliched was also witnessed in many personal decisions she took in her life. When son Saif Ali Khan decided to marry a much-elder Amrita SIngh, she stood behind his decision. SHe also gave a go-ahead to the live-in relationship to her daughter Soha Ali Khan with Kunal Khemu. See diva's pics on the occasion of her birthday.