Sharmila Classic Tee: "Poise"

A tribute to Sharmila Tagore, this tee showcases a photo from her iconic 1966 Filmfare cover—posing in a chic bikini while staring straight into the camera—with "Junglee 1966” printed in the bottom left.

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In 1966, then 22-year-old Sharmila Tagore made history as the first Indian actress to pose in a bikini for a magazine photoshoot. She redefined what it meant to be a modern Indian woman — one who could embrace both elegance and boldness without apology.

Looking back on that moment, she once said:

“The photographer was slightly worried. I just thought I looked very nice. It really hurt me later because everybody interpreted it in such a way that I was upwardly mobile, I was trying to catch eyeballs. I didn’t feel like that. I was in London at the time, and when the magazine came out, I was blissfully unaware of the storm it created.