![]() Career of Tanuja Samarth Tanuja entered films as a child actress and continued to work until 1973. She met director Shomu Mukherjee, the youngest son of producer Sashadhar Mukherjee on the set of “Ek Baar Muskara Do” (1972). Tanuja started her film career with her older sister Nutan in the film “Hamari Beti” (1950) as baby Tanuja. As an adult actress, she debuted in the film “Chhabili” (1960) that was directed by her mother. Her other films includes “Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi”. Her film career was on the climax through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. After the success of "Haathi Mere Saathi" (1971), she acted in films like "Mere Jeevan Saathi", "Do Chor and Ek Baar Muskara Do" (1972), "Pavitra Paapi", "Anubhav", "Jeene Ki Raah", "Bhoot Bangla" and others.
![]() In 2008, Tanuja came on small screen as a judge along with Kajol and Ajay Devgan on Zee TV’s family dance series "Rock and Roll Family". Achievements of Tanuja Samarth Tanuja received Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Jewel Thief in 1967 and Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Paisa Ya Pyar in 1969. Eventually, Tanuja retired from films for a number of years, but came back into films after she got divorced.
![]() Following are some of the filmography of Tanuja Samarth:
Personal Life of Tanuja Samarth Tanuja was born on September 23, 1943 in Mumbai to Kumarsen Samarth and Shobhna Samarth. She had four siblings. Her father Kumarsen Samarth was a poet and film director and his wife Shobhna Samarth was a famous actress during the 1930s and 1940s. Her parents got separated, when she was very young. Tanuja got married to director Shomu Mukherjee in the year 1973 but later they got divorced. In the year 2008, on 10th April Shomu Mukherjee died of cardiac attack. |
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