An aristocratic family that has saddled two national passions – cricket & films
Pataudi! It’s a name that cannot be confused with any other family or generation in India. And that’s a claim to fame, only a handful in this country can lay stake to. With royalty enmeshed with cricket and movies, the two arts that drive Indian fanaticism to the extreme, this family’s legacy is not only deeply embedded in India’s history, but also continues to define a sparkling existence in the present too.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was indeed the second (after his father, Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, who also captained the Indian cricket team) but certainly the truest claimant to worldwide recognition that lives till date, within this quintessentially royal family. Tiger to friends, this prince was born on January 5, 1941, in Bhopal, to the eighth Nawab of Pataudi and his wife Sajida Sultan, who also was the daughter of the Nawab of Bhopal. After having been educated abroad for most of his life, he took to cricket. “We were allowed to pursue a career of our choice, so I took up cricket,” commented the Nawab to B&E. He went on to rewrite various cricketing records internationally. In 1969, it was his wedding to the then reigning queen of Bollywood, Sharmila Tagore (a distant relative of Rabindranath Tagore), that raised huge hue and cry. Three kids later – two of whom are subsequently walking their mother’s path into films – and the most compelling combination of a family tree that Indian nobles could have ever imagined, was complete!
“I was sent to hostel for studies because my parents did not want royalty to go to my head. During those times all the children of rich and affluent families were sent to boarding schools. However, now I do not agree with this concept.” The Nawab shared a rarely disclosed personal front with B&E. He was further emphatic even about Saif, “I also regret sending my son away during his early days of life.”
Pataudi! It’s a name that cannot be confused with any other family or generation in India. And that’s a claim to fame, only a handful in this country can lay stake to. With royalty enmeshed with cricket and movies, the two arts that drive Indian fanaticism to the extreme, this family’s legacy is not only deeply embedded in India’s history, but also continues to define a sparkling existence in the present too.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was indeed the second (after his father, Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, who also captained the Indian cricket team) but certainly the truest claimant to worldwide recognition that lives till date, within this quintessentially royal family. Tiger to friends, this prince was born on January 5, 1941, in Bhopal, to the eighth Nawab of Pataudi and his wife Sajida Sultan, who also was the daughter of the Nawab of Bhopal. After having been educated abroad for most of his life, he took to cricket. “We were allowed to pursue a career of our choice, so I took up cricket,” commented the Nawab to B&E. He went on to rewrite various cricketing records internationally. In 1969, it was his wedding to the then reigning queen of Bollywood, Sharmila Tagore (a distant relative of Rabindranath Tagore), that raised huge hue and cry. Three kids later – two of whom are subsequently walking their mother’s path into films – and the most compelling combination of a family tree that Indian nobles could have ever imagined, was complete!
“I was sent to hostel for studies because my parents did not want royalty to go to my head. During those times all the children of rich and affluent families were sent to boarding schools. However, now I do not agree with this concept.” The Nawab shared a rarely disclosed personal front with B&E. He was further emphatic even about Saif, “I also regret sending my son away during his early days of life.”
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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