One of her early films noted for her acting was Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), directed by Shaheed Latif.
The film that truly marked her transition to adult heroine was Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961), directed by Kidar Sharma, who had earlier discovered Raj Kapoor, Madhubala and Geeta Bali.
As an adult, she debuted in the film Chhabili (1960) which was directed by her mother, and had her sister Nutan, in the lead. She started her film career with her older sister Nutan in Hamari Beti (1950) as Baby Tanuja. She is the aunt of actors Mohnish Behl, Rani, and Sharbani, and director Ayan Mukherjee. Filmmakers Joy, Deb and Ram are her brothers-in-law. Shomu died on 10 April 2008 from a heart attack, aged 64. The couple has two daughters, actresses Kajol and Tanisha. Tanuja married filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee in 1973. Her two other sisters are Chatura, an artist, and Reshma, and her brother is Jaideep, none of whom took to acting. Shobhana produced debut films for Tanuja and her older sister, Nutan. Tanuja's parents parted amicably while she was still a child, and Shobhana became linked to actor Motilal. Her grandmother, Rattan Bai, and cousin Nalini Jaywant were also actresses. She has three sisters, including actress Nutan and one brother. Tanuja was born in a Marathi family to filmmaker Kumarsen Samarth and actress Shobhna Samarth. Her pairings with actors Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra and Uttam Kumar were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. 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). 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. Tanuja Samarth, known mononymously as Tanuja, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry.
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