indian celebrities: Tanuja

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Tanuja

Tanuja Mukherjee (Marathi: तनुजा समर्थ) (23 September 1943), popularly known asTanuja, is an Indian film actress. She is the mother of Kajol and Tanisha, and is most remembered for her roles in Hindi films like Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief,Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), and Anubhav (1971) Simultaneously she appeared in Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati films like, Zaakol (Marathi), Antony Phiringee (Bengali), Deya Neya,Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969), Prothom Kadam Phool, and Rajkumari.'Naari tu Narayani'(Gujarati)^[1]She started her film career with her older sister Nutan in Hamari Beti (1950) as Baby Tanuja. As an adult, she debuted in the filmChhabili (1960) which was directed by her mother and had her sister, Nutan, in the lead. 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 andGeeta Bali. In time, Tanuja stepped into the headstrong young woman niche created so ably by Geeta Bali in the 1950s.