Cricket and Bollywood are two fields that have always been closely related to each other. Often it is love that connects these two areas. there are many cricket-Bollywood couples who have fallen in love and married. Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore are the first pair among them. Both of them have a beautiful love story just like the movie.
Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila met through a mutual friend. He liked Mansoor from the beginning but it took four years for the actor to say yes. Let's read that love story in detail.
Mansoor was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He became the successor of the Pataudi family. Like his father Iftikhar Ali Khan, Mansoor was interested in cricket. Mansoor made it to the Indian team and became India's captain. He went on to become one of the greatest stars India has ever seen and one of the greatest heroes of all time.
Sharmila was the brightest star in Bollywood at that time. Both were falling in love. Sharmila and Mansoor got married on 27 December 1976. Both have three children. Saif Ali Khan, Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. Saif and Soha came to cinema through their mother's path. Saif Ali Khan became a superstar in Bollywood.
Sharmila once opened up about Mansoor's death in an interview with Filmfare. Life changed with Tiger's death. We were together for 47 years. 43 of them were husband and wife. I met him a few weeks before my 21st birthday. My family were big cricket lovers. That's how I see him'' says the actor.
Both of them got married at a time when there was a thought that the married life of cricketers and movie stars would not last long. Religion was also a challenge among them. Sharmila was Bengali. Mansoor and the Nawab family. Sharmila converted to Ayesha Sultana for marriage. At the same time, the interesting fact is that some even bet that the married life of both of them would not last long.
But they managed to overcome all the challenges and live together for a long time.
