Tanisha

Tanisha (born Tanisha Mukherjee on 1 January 1978 in Mumbai, India) is a Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil actress.^[1]

Family background

Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family

Tanisha is an Indian actress of Bengali–Marathi descent. She comes from a prominent industry family, which has been working in Bollywood since the 1940s. Her relatives include paternal grandfather Sashadhar Mukherjee, uncles Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee, great-grandmother Rattan Bai, grandmother Shobhna Samarth and aunt Nutan. Her father was Shomu Mukherjee and her mother is actress Tanuja. Popular multi-award-winning actress Kajol is her elder sister and actor Ajay Devgan is her brother-in-law. Tanisha's cousins, Rani Mukherjee, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also Bollywood actors; whereas her cousin Ayan Mukerji is a director.

Tanisha's paternal grandfather was a film director and producer who had left a great achievement in the Bombay film industry and was regarded as a stalwart. His wife Satirani Devi, Tanisha's grandmother, was the sister of three great film personalities: Ashok Kumar, Anup Kumar and Kishore Kumar.

Personal Life

The Neal 'N' Nikki couple were seeing each other for two years before they split up. Even their families approved. They split following rumours of Tanisha's relationship with Upen Patel, which came at a time when everyone was expecting them to exchange rings. A source close to the couple adds, "Uday often sent her feelers to get back but Tanisha never reciprocated. They broke the ice at a common friends party. Thereafter they stayed in touch. "Recently Uday organised a short surprised holiday to a foreign location to spend quality time with her.Uday's one and only? The source continues, "Uday can't see any other girl taking Tanisha's place in his life. They are getting together to see if they can make it work this time around. Tanisha was also seen bonding with Yash Chopra at the premiere. However, these roumors were put to rest with news that Uday is set to marry Nargis Fakhri.^[2]

Filmography

 

Tanisha Mukherjee walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA

Year	Film	Role	Co-stars	Language	Notes
2003	Sssshhh...	Mahek Gujral	Prem Krishen, Dino Morea, Simone Singh	Hindi
2004	Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao	Tania	Akshay Kapoor, Rashmi Nigam	Hindi
2005	Tango Charlie	Lachchi	Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan	Hindi
	Sarkar	Avantika	Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi
	Neal N Nikki	Nikkita Bakshi	Uday Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan	Hindi
2007	Unnale Unnale	Deepika	Vinay Rai, Sadha	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
2008	One Two Three	Chandni	Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy	Hindi
	Kantri	Priya	Jr NTR, Hansika Motwani	Telugu
	Sarkar Raj	Avantika	Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi
2010	Tum Milo Toh Sahi			Hindi	Cameo appearance
	Mukti	Hasi	Tanuja, Soumitra Chatterjee, Vidya Balan	Bengali
2011	Be Careful	Anjali	Rajneesh Duggal, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Johnny Lever, Tiku Talsania, Asrani	Hindi
2014	Adhantari	Tanisha	Akshay Kumar, Sumeet Raghavan	Marathi