ACTOR

Tanuja

1943 - Today

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Tanuja 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, 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 and Bengali films like Memdidi (1961), Deya Neya (1963), Chand Aur Suraj (1965), Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Nai Roshni (1967), Antony Firingee (film) (1967), Pratham Kadam Phool (1969), Teen Bhubaner Pare (1969), Jeene Ki Raah (1969), Rajkumari (1970), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Anubhav (1971), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) and Do Chor (1972). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tanuja has received more than 3,849,140 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tanuja is the 2,964th most popular actor (up from 4,959th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from India (up from 574th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tanujas by language

Over the past year Tanuja has had the most page views in the with 504,991 views, followed by Hindi (38,711), and Simple English (16,770). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Marathi (2,279.45%), Telugu (469.89%), and Azerbaijani (272.87%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tanuja ranks 2,964 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 38. 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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