Tanuja
Indian film actress · India · On the map · Actors · Born 1943 · age 83
Tanuja Mukherjee, known mononymously as Tanuja, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry.
Tanuja is read about 820 times a day, in 31 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
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Modern Love MumbaiSeries, Baai2018
Shonar PaharFilm, Upama Mukherjee2014Filmfare Lifetime Achievement AwardAward
Words with GodsFilm, 2014Leela (ep. "God Room")2008
Haal-e-DilFilm, Mad Woman2004
Indian IdolSeries2003
BhootFilm, Mrs. Khosla2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam HaiSeries, Herself1999
SafariFilm, Asha1989
TaaqatwarFilm, Mrs. Sharma1987
DiljalaaFilm, Sharda1985
ZabardastFilm, Maharani Maanwati1983
Ek Jaan Hain HumFilm, Kusum Saxena1980
BandishFilm, Chanda1974
ImtihanFilm, Madhu1971
Haathi Mere SaathiFilm, Tanuja 'Tanu'1970Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1967
Jewel ThiefFilm, Anjali Nath1965
Bhoot BunglaFilm, Rekha1943Born23 September 1943People around Tanuja
Rahul Dev Burman Wrote Masoom, Pyar Ki Kahani and Do Chor
Rajesh Khanna Also in Haathi Mere Saathi (1971)
Sanjeev Kumar Also in Jeene Ki Raah, Anubhav and Khud-Daar
Danny Denzongpa Also in Diljalaa, Bandish and Boxer
Mandakini Also in Jaal, Andha Bichar and Agnee
Amitabh Bachchan Also in Khakee, Pyar Ki Kahani and Yaarana
Mithun Chakraborty Also in Ghar Ek Mandir, Jaal and Boxer
Kishore Kumar Directed Door Ka Raahi (1971)- Kovelamudi Bapayya Directed Ghar Ek Mandir and Bandish
- Tarun Kumar Also in Deya Neya and Prothom Kadam Phool
Ajay Devgn Also in Bhoot, Khakee and Toonpur Ka Super Hero
Shammi Kapoor Also in Prem Rog and Ek Jaan Hain Hum
Kader Khan Also in Yaarana and Ghar Ek Mandir
Soumitra Chatterjee Also in Shonar Pahar and Prothom Kadam Phool
Farah Also in Diljalaa and Love 86
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Also in Prem Rog, Bekhudi and Zabardast
Sharat Saxena Also in Jaal, Boxer and Saathiya- Shakti Samanta Produced Andha Bichar (1990)
- Nasir Hussain Directed Zabardast (1985)
Om Prakash Also in Prem Rog, Mome Ki Gudiya and Bandish
Shafi Inamdar Also in Anokha Rishta, Love 86 and Agnee
Anil Dhawan Also in Pyar Ki Kahani, Lal Kothi and Taaqatwar
Chaya Devi Also in Antony Firingee and Deya Neya
Umesh Mehra Directed Jaal (1986)
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A Death in the Gunj 2016
Khakee 2004
Saathiya 2002
Son of Sardaar 2012
Filmography 40
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Television 3
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![Tanuja with her elder daughter Kajol (left) and younger daughter Tanishaa (right) at Esha Deol's wedding reception in 2012.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Kajol%2C_Tanuja%2C_Tanisha_Mukherjee_at_Esha_Deol%27s_wedding_reception_12.jpg/500px-Kajol%2C_Tanuja%2C_Tanisha_Mukherjee_at_Esha_Deol%27s_wedding_reception_12.jpg)
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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 Tanishaa. 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.
