Tanisha Mukerji is an Indian actress known for her works in

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, Telugu and

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films. Part of the

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, she is the daughter of filmmaker

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and actress

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, and the younger sister of actress

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. She made her debut with the Hindi film '' Sssshhh...'' in 2003. She had her first hit with

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's '' Sarkar'', appearing alongside

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and

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. She was a contestant on the reality show ''

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'', where she became the 1st runner-up.

Personal life

Tanishaa Mukerji is the daughter of

and veteran Bollywood actress

. She's the younger sister of Bollywood actress

and she is Bengali from her father and Marathi from her mother. Tanisha was in relationship with her Big Boss 7 housemate

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for a year before they broke up in October 2014.

Career

Film debut and breakthrough

Tanishaa got her first break in Bollywood with her film, '' Sssshhh...'' opposite Karan Nath. Her Tamil movie ''

Unnale Unnale ''Unnale Unnale'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film.The movie is directed and co-written by Jeeva and produced by Oscar Ravichandran. It stars Vinay, Sadha and Tanisha Mukherjee in lead roles; Srinath, Raju Sundaram and ...

'', opposite

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was successful at the box office and got her a nomination at Vijay Awards for Best Debut Actress. In 2005, she played the female lead character of Nikkita Bakshi aka Nikki, in ''

Neal N Nikki ''Neal 'n' Nikki'' is a 2005 Indian romantic comedy film, starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Richa Pallod and Gaurav Gera, with Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance. It was produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Canada-based direct ...

'', opposite

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. She was also seen in movies such as ''

Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao ''Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao'' ( en, Eat Popcorn and Enjoy) is a 2004 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed by Kabir Sadanand and starring Akshay Kapoor, Tanishaa Mukerji, Rashmi Nigam and Yash Tonk. Deepak Tijori and Kabir Sadanand make s ...

'', '' Sarkar'', ''

Tango Charlie ''Tango Charlie'' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language war film written and directed by Mani Shankar and cinematography is by T. Surendra Reddy. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Tanisha, Nandana Sen and Sudesh Ber ...

'' and many more.

''Bigg Boss'' and further success

She participated in the television reality show ''

'' 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, Tanishaa participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7'' and became a finalist.

Filmography

Tanisha Mukherjee walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA 04

Films

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

Television

References

External links

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