Tanuja [SEP] sister
a Marathi family to filmmaker Kumarsen Samarth and actress Shobhna Samarth. She has three sisters, including actress Nutan and one brother. Her grandmother, Rattan Bai, and aunt Nalini Jaywant were also actresses. Tanuja's parents parted amicably while she was still a child, and Shobhana became linked to actor Motilal. Shobhana produced debut films for Tanuja and her older sister, Nutan. Her two other sisters are; Chatura, an artist, and Reshma, and her brother is Jaideep, none of whom took to acting.
Tanuja
chemistry with Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom she made some films such as "Teen Bhuvaner Parey" (1969) and "Prothom Kadam Phool". Tanuja spoke her own lines in these Bengali films.
Afterwards, Tanuja retired from films for a number of years, but came back when her marriage ended. She was now offered supporting roles often starring former heroes. Her "Pyar Ki Kahani" hero Amitabh Bachchan had to call her "bhabhi" (sister-in-law) in "Khuddar" (1982)