Tanuja

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Tanuja
Tanuja in 2021
Born
Tanuja Samarth

(1943-09-23) 23 September 1943 (age 80)[1]
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
OccupationActress
Years active1952–present
Spouse
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(m. 1973; died 2008)​
ChildrenKajol and Tanisha
Parents
FamilyMukherjee-Samarth family

Tanuja Samarth, known

Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and producer Kumarsen Samarth, and was married to filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, with whom she has two daughters, actresses Kajol and Tanisha.[2] A recipient of two Filmfare Awards, Tanuja is best known for her roles in the Hindi and Bengali films like Memdidi (1961), Deya Neya (1963), Chand Aur Suraj (1965), Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Nai Roshni (1967), Antony Firingee (film) (1967), Pratham Kadam Phool (1969), Teen Bhubaner Pare (1969), Jeene Ki Raah (1969), Rajkumari (1970), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Anubhav (1971), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) and Do Chor (1972).[3][4] Her pairings with actors Sanjeev Kumar,Uttam Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra
were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Personal life

See also: Mukherjee-Samarth family
Kajol and Tanuja with their mother Tanuja.
Tanuja with her elder daughter Kajol (left) and younger daughter Tanishaa (right) at actress Esha Deol's wedding reception in 2012.[5]


Tanuja was born in a

Motilal
. Shobhana produced debut films for Tanuja and her older sister, Nutan. Her two other sisters are; Chatura, an artist, and Reshma, and her brother is Jaideep, none of whom took to acting.

Tanuja married filmmaker

Ayan Mukherjee
.

Career

She started her film career with her older sister Nutan in Hamari Beti (1950) as Baby Tanuja. As an adult, she debuted in the film Chhabili (1960) which was directed by her mother, and had her sister Nutan, in the lead. The film that truly marked her transition to adult heroine was Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961), directed by Kidar Sharma, who had earlier discovered Raj Kapoor, Madhubala and Geeta Bali.

One of her early films noted for her acting was

Paisa Ya Pyaar. After the success of Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), she acted in Door Ka Raahi, Mere Jeevan Saathi, Do Chor
and Ek Baar Mooskura Do (1972), Kaam Chor, Yaarana, Khuddar, and Masoom. Some of the other films she has acted in are Pavitra Paapi, Bhoot Bangla, and Anubhav. Some of her Marathi films are Zaakol, Unad Maina and Pitruroon.

During the mid-1960s, Tanuja started a parallel career in Bengali movies in Kolkata, starting with Deya Neya (1963), where she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar. She followed it up with Anthony-Firingee (1967) and Rajkumari (1970). Tanuja had on-screen chemistry with Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom she made some films such as Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969) and Prothom Kadam Phool. Tanuja spoke her own lines in these Bengali films.

Afterwards, Tanuja retired from films for a number of years, but came back when her marriage ended. She was now offered supporting roles often starring former heroes. Her Pyar Ki Kahani hero Amitabh Bachchan had to call her "bhabhi" (sister-in-law) in Khuddar (1982). She also played a supporting role in Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982). In 1986, she received an invitation from Sri Lanka to appear in the Sinhalese film Peralikarayo opposite to Vijaya Kumaratunga where she played the main role.[6]

She then appeared in films such as Saathiya (2002), Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula (2003), and Khakee (2003) as a supporting actress. In 2008, Tanuja starred as a judge along with her daughter, Kajol, and son-in-law, Ajay Devgan on Zee TV's family dance series Rock-N-Roll Family. In 2013, Tanuja played a widow in the Marathi film Pitruroon made by Nitish Bharadwaj. For her role as a widow, Tanuja has tonsured her head to make her character look authentic.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ^ "Tanuja". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Tanishaa Mukerji reveals how her 'amazing' family feels about her being unmarried at 43". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Singh, Raghuvendra (22 August 2018). "Just in! Kajol may star in this person's biopic". Filmfare. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Kajal has no visa". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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