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Tanuja

1943 - Today

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Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja 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. A recipient of two Filmfare Awards, 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tanuja has received more than 4,114,656 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tanuja is the 2,967th most popular actor (up from 4,959th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from India (up from 574th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 28

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  • 4.34

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tanuja ranks 2,967 out of 13,578. Before her are Sanjeev Kumar, Holly Marie Combs, Josephine Crowell, Giovanna Ralli, Gordon Jackson, and Broderick Crawford. After her are Shaken Aimanov, Doris Roberts, Dennis Weaver, John Phillip Law, Dagmar Lassander, and Zendaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tanuja ranks 327. Before her are Randall Duk Kim, Pablo Milanés, Dante Ferretti, Roy Black, Milan Máčala, and Sam Hinds. After her are Dagmar Lassander, Juan Mujica, Manuel Velázquez, Eva Joly, František Veselý, and Emile Ardolino.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tanuja ranks 445 out of 1,861. Before her are Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Jagjit Singh (1941), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), and Sucheta Kriplani (1908). After her are Jhalkaribai (1830), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), K. D. Jadhav (1926), and Fathima Beevi (1927).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Tanuja ranks 39. Before her are Vidya Balan (1979), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anil Kapoor (1956), Madhubala (1933), Jeetendra (1942), and Sanjeev Kumar (1938). After her are Anupam Kher (1955), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Om Puri (1950), Nutan (1936), and Irrfan Khan (1967).

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