Tanuja
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| Tanuja Samarth | |
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| Born | September 23, 1943 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Years active | 1962 - 1975, 2002 - 2003 |
| Spouse(s) | Shomu Mukherjee (separated) |
Tanuja Samarth (Marathi: तनूजा समर्थ), popularly known as Tanuja (September 23, 1943) is an Indian actress. She is the mother of Kajol and Tanisha, and is most remember for her roles in Hindi films like Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief, Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Anubhav (1971); simultaneously she also appeared in many Bengali films like, Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969), Prothom Kadam Phool[1].
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Tanuja was born in Mumbai into a Marathi family of four children as Tanuja Samarth to poet Kumarsen Samarth and his wife Shobhna Samarth. Her mother was a famous 1930s and 1940s actress and her father was a poet and film director. When she was very young her parents separated. Tanuja entered films as a child actress and continued working until 1973.
Kumarsen Samarth was born and brought up in Vile Parle (E) area of Mumbai and Nutan, Tanuja's sister loved Vile Parle(E).
[edit] Career
She started her film career with her older sister Nutan in the film 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 elder sister, Nutan in the lead. Though the film that truly marked her transition into adult heroine came with Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961), directed by Kidar Sharma, who had earlier discovered Raj Kapoor, Madhubala and Geeta Bali, and in the time Tanuja step into the headstrong girl niche created so ably by Geeta Bali in the 50s.
One of her early films, Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi, noticeable for her acting was Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), directed by Shaheed Latif, incidentally it was Guru Dutt team's last offering, and especially visible in the song, Woh Hanske Humein and believed to have been picturized while Guru Dutt was still alive, who worked hard to help her "tone down" her performance, the result was that natural spontaneous performer, gave a highly restrained performance which became the highlight of the film, as well of her career, as she move to lead roles soon after [2]. Her next big film was with Jeetendra, Jeene Ki Raah (1969), an immediate and surprise hit, and in the same year, Tanuja won the Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award for Paisa Ya Pyar. After the success of Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), she acted in Mere jeevan Saathi, Do Chor and Ek Baar Muskara Do (1972). Some of the other films she has acted in are Pavitra Paapi, Bhoot Bangla, Anubhav, etc.
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).
During the mid 60's Tanuja started a parallel career in Bengali movies in Kolkata starting with the film Deya Neya (1963) where she was paired opposite the stalwart of Bengali cinema, Uttam Kumar. She followed it up with many other memorable hit films like Anthony-Firingee (1967) and Rajkumari (1970). Tanuja had fantastic on-screen chemistry with the then superstar Soumitra Chatterjee with whom she made some huge box office hits like Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969), Prothom Kadam Phool etc. Tanuja spoke her own lines in these Bengali films. Her film career ran through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
She has recently appeared in such films as Saathiya (2002), Rules (2003), and Khakee (2003) as a supporting actress. In 2008, Tanuja starred as a judge along with Kajol and Ajay Devgan as a judge on Zee TV's family dance series Rock and Roll Family.
[edit] Personal life
She met director Shomu Mukherjee, youngest son of producer Sashadhar Mukherjee on the set of Ek Baar Muskara Do (1972). A whirlwind romance ended in a 1973 marriage. They had two children: Kajol Mukherjee (b. 1975) and Tanisha Mukherjee (b. 1978). They were later separated but never divorced. Shomu Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 10 April, 2008.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1967 - Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Jewel Thief
- 1969 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Paisa ya Pyar
[edit] Filmography
As Artiste
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As Guest Appearance
- Masoom (1983)
As Special Appearance
- Khud-daar (1982)
- Bekhudi (1992)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Tanuja at the Internet Movie Database
- Sparkling spitfire: Tanuja Dinesh Raheja's profile on Tanuja, Rediff.com
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