The love story of Mansoor Ali Khan, aka Tiger Pataudi, and Sharmila Tagore is at least a Bollywood movie, with all of the dramatic twists and naturally the grand proposal in Paris. Recently, daughter Saba Pataudi shared some stunning throwback photos of the couple on Instagram.
In one of many photos, Mansoor is seen placing a hoop on Sharmila’s finger and the latter is in everybody’s coronary heart as she is seen blushing. Both bought married in 1969. Sharmila had earlier revealed that Mansoor had introduced her marriage even earlier than proposing to her. According to a report in India Today, she had mentioned, “We went to meet Amma and there she announced that she and I had decided to get married. She didn’t tell me but she announced it there. Later they formalized.” Originally proposed in Paris.
The two met in 1965 at a celebration the place they interacted with one another for the primary time. Talking about their spiritual variations, Sharmila Tagore in an interview with Tehelka mentioned, “When we decided to get married, we didn’t even know the word secular or communal. We were in the grip of young love. We didn’t know what was happening around us. We weren’t aware of its larger implications because for us the world began and ended with each other.”
At that point Mansoor Ali Khan was the youngest captain of the Indian cricket group and Sharmila Tagore was a reigning star in Bollywood. Their love story was the discuss of the city. The couple has three youngsters, Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan and Saba Pataudi.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
