Sharmila is regarded as one of the Indian cinema’s most accomplished actresses. She is the recipient of the National Film Award, and Padma Bhushan. Her famous works include ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’, ‘Waqt’, ‘Anupama’, ‘An Evening in Paris’, ‘Aamne Saamne’, ‘Satyakam’, ‘Aradhana’, ‘Amar Prem’, ‘Daag’, ‘Chupke Chupke’, ‘Mausam’, among numerous others.
Sharmila Tagore even recalled that she asked her driver to remove the film s poster in the middle of the night as her mother-in-law was visiting the town