Tanuja was first slapped by the director and when she told her mother, she also slapped her and then dragged her on the set

Bollywood i.e. Mayanagari is a place that nurtures desires but, it also has some conditions and if you leave any stone unturned in fulfilling those conditions, then despite all the struggles, you keep roaming its streets for the rest of your life. Mayanagari accepts you but after struggles. Mayanagari did something similar with this actress too but, then a film left by the superstar actress of cinema Sharmila Tagore made this actress’s luck shine. The name of this actress is Tanuja. Tanuja entered Bollywood as a child actress and that too through a film made by her mother Shobhana Samarth. The name of the film was ‘Hamari Beti’ in which Tanuja played the childhood role of her elder sister Nutan who was the actress of this film. Tanuja had to take many big decisions at a young age. At that time, there was not much money in the film world, so due to the deteriorating financial condition of the family, Tanuja had to debut on screen at the age of 16.

Tanuja was sent to St. George’s School in Switzerland for studies

Tanuja was fond of learning languages, so her mother sent her to St. George School in Switzerland for studies. But, she could not study there for long, the financial condition of the house deteriorated and Tanuja had to return. Almost 10 years after playing the role of a child artist in the film ‘Hamari Beti’, Tanuja had to debut in Bollywood for the second time through the film ‘Chhabili’. She has done only around 35 films in her entire film career, but her acting definitely left an impression on the hearts of the audience. However, the 1961 film ‘Hamari Yaad Aayegi’ gave Tanuja recognition as a lead actress in the film industry.

The journey from black and white to color cinema

This bubbly actress started her film journey from black and white films to the colourful screen. The songs ‘Raat Akeli Hai, Bujh Gaye Diye’ and ‘Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara’ were liked more for Tanuja’s acting in these songs than for their lyrics.

Tanuja was slapped hard

Tanuja, who always laughs, had to face two slaps during the shooting of her first film ‘Chhabili’. In a scene of this film, Tanuja had to cry but she was not able to cry, she was laughing again and again. After this, Kedar Sharma, who was the director of the film, told her that there is a crying scene, then she clearly said that today I am not in the mood to cry. The director sahab got angry and he/she slapped Tanuja hard. Tanuja went home and told her mother about this, then mother Shobhana also slapped Tanuja again. Then she brought Tanuja back to the set of the film and told Kedar Sharma that now she is crying, start the shooting. Then what, the crying Tanuja gave a perfect shot for this scene.

The two separated as soon as Tanisha was born

Tanuja Samarth and Shomu Mukherjee got married just like a film story, that is, everything from their love to their marriage was filmy. They had two daughters, Kajol and Tanisha. Then, after Tanisha was born, they got separated but they did not divorce each other.

Tanuja got the film opposite Rajesh Khanna

Tanuja got excellent films like ‘Izzat’, ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, ‘Do Chor’, ‘Anubhav’, ‘Jewel Thief’, ‘Jeene Ki Raah’, ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’. Sharmila Tagore was initially supposed to work with Rajesh Khanna in the 1972 blockbuster film ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ but this film went to Tanuja and this film made Tanuja’s star shine overnight.