Did you know? Baby Saif Ali Khan once saved mom Sharmila Tagore from being mobbed

Yesteryear actress Sharmila Tagore, who stepped into acting with none other than Satyajit Ray, is still fondly remembered for her contribution to Indian cinema. Both her children Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan later grew up to be renowned actors. Tagore recently wrote an open letter for a leading daily where she remembers an old incident. Saif, a three-month-old baby then, had saved his mom from being mobbed. Read on to know how!

“I remember the day when I arrived at the station in Hyderabad and my car hadn’t reached. Within minutes I was surrounded by a mob, but because I had three-month-old Saif with me I was treated with deference,” she reminisced.

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“The feeling of empowerment for young women, I think, comes from being treated with respect and from a sense of security in a public space, both sadly lacking in our public and sometimes even in our private spaces. We can claim these spaces only when the world around us changes its mindset,” the ‘Amar Prem’ actress added.

Celebrities being mobbed has become a more frequent instance these days. Sad!

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Ranjini Maitra

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