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Tanuja

1943 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tanuja is the 5,557th most popular actor (down from 2,964th in 2019), the 750th most popular biography from India (down from 445th in 2019) and the 131st most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tanuja ranks 5,557 out of 13,578. Before her are Conrad Nagel, Renée Faure, Erin Moriarty, Sivaji Ganesan, A. J. Cook, and Toby Stephens. After her are Muriel Robin, Sarah Shahi, Margaret Dumont, Joanna Moore, Shawn Weatherly, and Damon Wayans Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tanuja ranks 547. Before her are David Alexandre Winter, Ron Geesin, Lucius Shepard, Tony Trimmer, Pedro Pablo León, and Isabel-Clara Simó. After her are Kiril Dojčinovski, Ahmed Sofa, Frank Shu, Lubomir Kavalek, Kurt Helmudt, and Peter Del Monte.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tanuja ranks 750 out of 1,861. Before her are K. S. Chithra (1963), Rani Mukerji (1978), Jyoti Basu (1914), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), and Balaji Vishwanath (1662). After her are Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Tiger Shroff (1990), and V. K. Sasikala (1954).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Tanuja ranks 131. Before her are Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Trisha (1983), Amala Akkineni (1967), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Rani Mukerji (1978), and Sivaji Ganesan (1928). After her are Tiger Shroff (1990), Sharman Joshi (1979), Chunky Panday (1962), Nana Patekar (1951), Venkatesh (1960), and Parveen Babi (1949).

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