Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s relationship was a topic of discussion before they married in 1968.
At a recent Mother’s Day event with her granddaughter Sara Ali Khan, Sharmila shared a funny story.
It’s much better if I don’t go to the kitchen.’”Later, Sharmila said, Tiger Pataudi gave in and started cooking on his own.
The actress married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, in 1968.
Sharmila also talked about the struggles that she had to face before marrying Mansoor Ali Khan.
Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s relationship was a topic of discussion before they married in 1968. They met through mutual friends at a post-match gathering. At a recent Mother’s Day event with her granddaughter Sara Ali Khan, Sharmila shared a funny story. She recalled her husband suggesting she visit the kitchen three times a day, but she jokingly told him why it wouldn’t be a good idea.
Sharmila said as reported by Indian Express, “My husband told me ‘you should go to the kitchen at least three times a day.’ I said ‘Tiger, that is a very bad idea. It would be very, very counterproductive if I went to the kitchen. I will start asking ‘Yeh nahi hai, woh kaha hai. Somebody would resign. It’s much better if I don’t go to the kitchen.’”
Later, Sharmila said, Tiger Pataudi gave in and started cooking on his own. It turned out to be a smart move because he starting making delicious dishes, growing more confident in the kitchen. “At the end he gave up and started cooking himself. That was so clever of me, he started making such wonderful things. It made him so confident. He started calling people for recipes. He would make a new dish, watch YouTube, and ask friends for recipes. Once I was in London, someone called and said ‘he gave us this fantastic meal.’ He was doing very well without me going to the kitchen,” she recalled.
The actress married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, in 1968. Their relationship had been the talk of the town for a long time until they got married. Sharmila also talked about the struggles that she had to face before marrying Mansoor Ali Khan. She added that her interfaith marriage raised a lot of eyebrows. She said, “In my family, everybody, my uncle, my cousins, they were all married to Bengalis and in Tiger’s family, they were all married to their own, from their community. So Tiger and I were the only people, and we just announced to our respective families that we were getting married, Then I was working and he was playing cricket, so we didn’t know what the background angsts were.”
The couple later gave birth to three beautiful children, Saif Ali Khan, Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.
