Sharmila Tagore Reveals Feeling Proud Seeing ‘Bollywood Cafe’ In Switzerland Back In The 70s & Says “It Should’ve Been Called Yash Chopra Cafe”

As her movie ‘Daag’ completes 50 years in Hindi cinema on Thursday, actress Sharmila Tagore shared anecdotes associated to the film, her collaboration with Yash Chopra and what made her pairing with Rajesh Khanna iconic.

The movie additionally noticed the beginning of Yash Raj Movies. ‘Daag’ stars the late Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore and Rakhee. It’s thought-about some of the landmark romantic movies of Indian cinema.

Sharmila Tagore stated: “I believe it’s great that it’s now 50 years since we made Daag, but the film and the songs stay so in style. In reality, lately Manoj Bajpayee (I made Gulmohar with him) was continuously singing Ek Chehre Pe Dusre Chehre Laga Dete Hai Log. I needed to inform him please don’t sing it.”

Sharmila Tagore  added, “My response once I was supplied Daag was unparalleled pleasure, actually. I noticed it as an excellent praise and honour to be part of Yash’s first enterprise, his debut as a producer. I used to be completely thrilled.”

She added: “Working in Daag was an exquisite expertise. Truly working with Yash – even once I labored with him in Waqt was an exquisite expertise. He was all the time a lot enjoyable.

“As a director, he energised everybody on the set. Ask anyone who has labored with him, along with his Punjabi endearments and simply typically he was like a dwell wire. We shot in such stunning areas once we had been working for Daag.”

Sharmila Tagore continued and stated, “We had been taking pictures in Shimla someday and I woke as much as a panorama lined in snow; a shocking view from my lodge window however that additionally meant that I needed to stroll to work as no automotive might come to us via the snow; I do not forget that I’d prepare in make-up, hair and every thing and barely stroll 5 steps when one thing had hit me actually actually laborious and it was a snowball.”

“I rotated to protest, I discovered a bunch of giggly ladies they usually stated ‘Yeh toh hamara khel hai, hum toh khelenge’. I attempted to elucidate to them however they wouldn’t pay attention (laughs). And I needed to stroll the gap to the situation which was fortunately not too far being continuously hit with snowballs; I believe I additionally threw some at them however my goal was not half pretty much as good as theirs!”

“However anyway, I believe I fairly loved that by the top of it; it’s one other matter that I needed to change on the location as a result of I used to be drenched; so that they made kind of a make-shift room the place I modified my sari! Anyway it was an excellent expertise enjoying their recreation ‘Yeh toh hamara khel hai, hum toh khelenge’.”

Talking about her pairing with Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore stated that he gave a “memorable efficiency” in ‘Daag’ and he seemed actually, actually beautiful in his later avatar as Rakhee’s husband with that moustache.

“So he performed 2 completely different phases in his life and he already was the heartthrob of the nation and he was excellent. I’m actually very grateful and blissful that the viewers appreciated Kaka and I working collectively and we turned successful pair and I believe we made some nice movies collectively – Daag after all being certainly one of them and even right now they speak about our pair! I’m very grateful.”

For Sharmila, Yash Chopra’s largest contribution as a film-maker was “to take our Hindi movies to the western viewers and popularise Switzerland as probably the most sought-after location. Their authorities additionally appreciated this.”

“He was inundated with awards and compliments from them and once we went to Interlaken, we noticed this cafe which was referred to as Bollywood Cafe which made us so blissful and it was great however I really feel it ought to have been referred to as Yash Raj Cafe as he was an everyday in that space capturing the fantastic thing about the place.”

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