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Tanuja Samarth profile
Actor

Tanuja Samarth

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Acting credits

98

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.9

Moderate attention

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Movies: 96Series: 2

TMDB ID: 86417

IMDb ID: nm0849863

Known for: Acting

Born: September 23, 1943

Age: 82

Place of birth: Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1950 - 2022

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 6.04

Wikidata: Q146724

Also known as

Tanuja Mukherjee • Tanujaa • ਤਨੂਜਾ • Tanuja • তনুজা মুখোপাধ্যায় • তনুজা মুখার্জী

Biography

Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja, (born 23 September 1943) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and producer Kumarsen Samarth, younger sister of actress Nutan and was married to filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, with whom she has two daughters, actresses Kajol and Tanisha. The recipient of a Filmfare Award, Tanuja is best known for her roles in the Hindi films like Memdidi (1961), Chand Aur Suraj (1965), Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Nai Roshni (1967), Jeene Ki Raah (1969), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Anubhav (1971), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972), Do Chor (1972) as well as in Bengali films like Deya Neya (1963), Antony Firingee (1967), Teen Bhubaner Pare (1969), Pratham Kadam Phool (1970), Rajkumari (1970). Her pairings with actors Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Uttam Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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