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Tanishaa mukerji
Shomu mukherjee
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Tanishaa

Indian actress (born 1978)

Tanishaa Mukerji (born 3 March 1978),^[1] known mononymously as Tanishaa, is an Indian actress known for her works in Hindi films. A member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, daughter of filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee and actress Tanuja, and the younger sister of actress Kajol. She made her debut with the slasher film Sssshhh... in 2003 and had her first success with the politicalcrime thriller film Sarkar, and its sequel Sarkar Raj in which she had a supporting role.^[2] This was followed by a career declined, In 2013, she made her television debut as a contestant in Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 7, where she finished as 1st runner-up.

Early life and family

Mukerji was born in Mumbai on 3 March 1978, into the family of Shomu Mukherjee, a Bengali Hindu film director and his Marathi wife, veteran actress Tanuja, and is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Kajol.^[3] She was in a relationship with her Bigg Boss 7 housemate, Armaan Kohli for a year before they broke up in October 2014.^[4

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Tanuja: The ‘bubbly’ girl who became actor to support her family; was slapped by director for refusing to cry

But once she saw the first rushes of the film, she found her voice to be squeaky and hated it. She told her mother, “Abhi merko kaam nahi karna hai, meri awaaz ek dum chuhiya jaisi hai (I don’t want to work for now. Listen to my choice, I sound like a mouse).” So, Shobhana had to get the rest of her shots done by agreeing to her condition of giving her a lemonade. After Hamari Beti, Tanuja only did one film as a child actor, Amber (1952), where she essayed the role of a young Nargis.

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