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Tanishaa Mukerji (born 3 March 1978), known mononymously as Tanishaa, is an Indian actress known for her works in
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films. A member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, daughter of filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee and actress
Tanuja Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja, (born 23 September 1943) 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 Sam ...
, 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
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film '' Sarkar'', and its sequel '' Sarkar Raj'' in which she had a supporting role. This was followed by a career decline, In 2013, she made her television debut as a contestant in
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's reality show '' Bigg Boss 7'', where she finished as 1st runner-up.


Early life and family

Mukerji was born in
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on 3 March 1978, into the family of Shomu Mukherjee, a
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film director and his
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wife, veteran actress
Tanuja Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja, (born 23 September 1943) 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 Sam ...
, and is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Kajol. She was in a relationship with her ''Bigg Boss 7'' housemate, Armaan Kohli for a year before they broke up in October 2014.


Career


Debut with commercial failures & career decline (2003–2008)

She got her first break in
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with the thriller slasher film, '' Sssshhh...'' opposite
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and Dino Morea. It received poor reviews Taran Adarsh from ''
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'' called, "''Sssshhh?'' a weak screenplay with excessive length and most importantly, a half-baked climax" and wrote, "Mukerji needs to work on her dialogue delivery along with screen appearance". The film was a critical and commercial failure. Her next release the
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film '' Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao'' (2004) received negative reviews from critics, upon its premiere and performed poorly at the box office. In 2005, she starred in the
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film '' Neal 'n' Nikki'' co-starring Uday Chopra under the banner of
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. The film was released on 9 December 2005 to highly negative reviews from critics and emerged as a commercial failure at the box office. A reviewer wrote, "''Neal 'n' Nikki'' concentrates more on skin show than a sound story terrible letdown in terms of content". The same year, she appeared in a supporting role of Avantika in the
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film '' Sarkar'' alongside an
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. The film released on 1 July 2005, with positive reviews and became commercially successful. Her last release in 2005 was the
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'' Tango Charlie'' opposite
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. This was her consecutive 4th box office failure. After two years gap in 2007, she made her
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film debut with the romantic musical film '' Unnale Unnale'', opposite Vinay Rai. The film was successful at the box office with received positive reviews for its storyline and the performances and got her a nomination at Vijay Awards for Best Debut Female. In 2008, she was seen in the comedy film '' One Two Three'' opposite Upen Patel. This too had an unsuccessful run at the box office. The same year, she reprised her role in the second installment of ''Sarkar'' film series, '' Sarkar Raj''. The sequel also became critical and commercial success. She is now awaiting the release of her mystery film '' Second Chance'' alongside Arjan Bajwa, Myra Saree and Ilulia Vantur.


''Bigg Boss'' and further work (2013–present)

She made her comeback by participating in the television reality show '' Bigg Boss 7'' and became the 1st runner-up. She was later seen as one of the judges in the stand-up comedy show ''
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''. In 2016, she participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7'' and became a finalist. She participated as a contestant on Sony TV's dance reality show '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11'' where she finished in 13th place.


Filmography


Films

* ''All films are in Hindi, otherwise noted''


Television


See also

*
List of Indian film actresses This is an alphabetical list of notable Cinema of India, Indian film actresses. Given below is a list that includes actresses from different time periods—from early pioneers of silent cinema and the golden age of Indian films to contempor ...


References


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* {{Authority control Living people 1978 births Indian film actresses Actresses from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Bengali cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Marathi cinema Bengali Hindus Indian Hindus Bengali actresses Marathi actresses Actresses in Hindi television Indian television actresses Contestants on Indian game shows Participants in Indian reality television series 21st-century Indian actresses