It
was
a
rare
treat
to
see
Sharmila
Tagore
and
her
children
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Soha
Ali
Khan
and
Saba
Pataudi
at
the
premiere
of
her
Bengali
film
Puratawn
(The
Ancient)
at
the
ongoing
MAMI
Film
Festival
in
Mumbai.
Sharmila
Tagore returns
to
Bengali
cinema
after
15
years.
Her
last
Bengali
film,
Antaheen
was
directed
by
Aniruddha
Roy
Chowdhury
and
had
released
in
2009.
Sharmila’s
daughter
Saba
Pataudi
accompanies
her.
In
an
interview,
Sharmila
had
once
told
us
that
she
didn’t
really
miss
this
world
when
she
was
away.
‘But
when
you
face
the
camera,
you
realise
how
wonderful
this
world
is
too.’
Sharmila
with
Saba,
Soha
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
her
son-in-law, Kunal
Kemmu.
Rituparna
Sengupta
plays
Sharmila’s
daughter
in
the
film.
Rituparna
with
Puratawn Director
Suman
Ghosh.
In
the
film,
Sharmila
portrays
a
woman
grappling
with
memory
loss,
and
how
her
daughter
helps
her
face
reality.
Indraneil
Sengupta,
right,
plays
Rituparna’s
husband
in
the
film.
Shahana
Goswami.
Manoj
Bajpayee had
played
Sharmila’s
son
in the
heart-warming
film,
Gulmohar.
Photographs:
Panna
Bandekar
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com
