Tanuja Samarth

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 MukherjeeSamarth 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 Her pairings with actors Dharmendra Rajesh Khanna Uttam Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s