Sharmila Tagore, a Bengali actress who achieved success in young age was born on 8th December 1946.

Sharmila Tagore is on the International Jury of the main competition at the 62nd Festival de Cannes the one Indian touch in a festival that Sharmila Tagore lacks a single Indian film in any section Indian journalists too are being honoured in Cannes. Last year writer, journalist and TV presenter Anu Chopra was invited to be on the Jury of "Un Certain Regard" , a section only a step away from the exalted competition. This year, the writer of this column has been asked to serve on the same Jury.