Sharmila Tagore opens up on her first pay for Satyajit Ray’s Devi and reveals what she bought with it

Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore made her comeback in the entertainment industry last year as she played an important role in Rahul V. Chittella’s OTT film Gulmohar. The much-adored actress who is the mother of Saif Ali Khan and grandmom of Sara Ali Khan recently opened up about her first salary and what did she buy with her.

Sharmila Tagore on her first salary

While speaking at the YouTube show Paisa Vaisa with Anupam Gupta, Sharmila Tagore talked about how she was paid an amount of Rs 5000 for her first film titled Devi with acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The veteran actress said that she started working early in her life and although the fees wasn’t wonderful at that time, the cost of buying things was also not much. 

Sharmila also revealed that her father was not interested in money but Ray insisted. “Nevertheless, he gave me a saree, he gave me a watch and he gave me Rs 5,000.” she said.

Further talking about what she purchased with the money, the actress shared, “So instantly, being a Bengali family, we went to the gold shop. We bought bangles, we bought a necklace and we bought earrings for Rs 5,000.”

Sharmila Tagore got Rs 25000 for her first Bollywood film

The veteran actress revealed that she used to get Rs 10,000- 15,000 for her early Bengali films and was paid Rs 25,000 when she did her first Bollywood film i.e. Kashmir Ki Kali. 

She even recalled that the director Shakti Samanta offered to buy her a piece of land instead of Rs 25,000 for her second film with him. “He said, ‘Instead of giving you money, why don’t I give you land?’ In what is now Vile Parle. So I said, ‘Are you mad? Am I going to come and live in this swamp?’ That was back in 1963,” shared the actress.

Sharmila Tagore’s work front

Sharmila Tagore created a huge impact with her character and performance in the 2023 OTT film Gulmohar which also had Manoj Bajpayee in a pivotal role. Fans are waiting to see her back on the big screen soon but there has been no announcement yet.

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