Tanishaa

{{Infobox person

| name = Tanishaa

| image = Tanishaa Mukerji 2024.jpg

| caption = Mukerji in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|03|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2003–present

| known_for = Bigg Boss 7

| parents = Shomu and Tanuja

| relatives = sister Kajol

see Mukherjee-Samarth family

}}

Tanishaa Mukerji (born 3 March 1978),{{Cite news |title=Tanisha Mukerji celebrates her birthday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/tanishaa-mukerji-turns-42-kajol-shares-throwback-pic-to-wish-little-sister-a-happy-birthday-1652238-2020-03-04 |access-date= 6 August 2023 |website=India Today}} known mononymously as Tanishaa, is an Indian actress known for her works in Hindi films. A member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, daughter of filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee and actress Tanuja, 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 political crime thriller film Sarkar, and its sequel Sarkar Raj in which she had a supporting role.{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gangs-of-haseepur-has-something-for-all-mandira-bedi/466040-44-124.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421084146/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gangs-of-haseepur-has-something-for-all-mandira-bedi/466040-44-124.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2014 |title='Gangs of Haseepur' has something for all: Mandira Bedi |publisher=CNN-IBN}} This was followed by a career declined, In 2013, she made her television debut as a contestant in Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 7, where she finished as 1st runner-up.

Early life and family

Mukerji was born in Mumbai on 3 March 1978, into the family of Shomu Mukherjee, a Bengali Hindu film director and his Marathi wife, veteran actress Tanuja, and is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Kajol.{{Cite web |date=18 July 2021 |title=Tanishaa Mukerji reveals how her 'amazing' family feels about her being unmarried at 43 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/tanishaa-mukerji-reveals-how-her-amazing-family-feels-about-her-being-unmarried-at-43-101626580027512.html |access-date=24 October 2021 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}} She was in a relationship with her Bigg Boss 7 housemate, Armaan Kohli for a year before they broke up in October 2014.{{Cite web |date=9 October 2014 |title=Tanishaa Mukerji breaks her silence on her split with Armaan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/tanishaa-mukerji-breaks-her-silence-on-her-split-with-armaan/articleshow/44709549.cms |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

Career

=Debut with commercial failures & career declined (2003–2008)=

She got her first break in Bollywood with the thriller slasher film, Sssshhh... opposite Karan Nath and Dino Morea. It received poor reviews Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/movie/sssshhh/box-office/|title=Sssshhh? Box Office Collection|website=Bollywood Hungama}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/movie/sssshhh/critic-review/sssshhh-movie-review/|title=Sssshhh? Review 2/5|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=24 October 2003 |access-date= 24 October 2003}} Her next release the romantic comedy film Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao (2004) received negative reviews from critics, upon its premiere and performed poorly at the box office.{{cite news|last1=Salvadore|first1=Sarah|title=I want to break the mould: Kabir|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-want-to-break-the-mould-Kabir/articleshow/5735059.cms|accessdate=13 December 2014|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=29 March 2010}} In 2005, she starred in the romantic comedy film Neal 'n' Nikki co-starring Uday Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The film was released on 9 December 2005 to highly negative reviews from critics and emerged as a commercial failure at the box office.{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/15-years-later-we-are-still-clueless-why-neal-n-nikki-was-made-on-wahiyat-wednesday-1748098-2020-12-09 | title=15 years later, we are still clueless why Neal n Nikki was made. On Wahiyat Wednesday | date=9 December 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/09neal.htm | title=Neal 'N' Nikki better not be a hit! }} 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 political crime thriller film Sarkar alongside an ensemble cast. The film released on 1 July 2005, with positive reviews and became commercially successful. Her last release in 2005 was the war film Tango Charlie opposite Bobby Deol. This was her consecutive 4th box office failure. After two years gap in 2007, she made her Tamil 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.{{cite news|title=Sarkar Raj : Box Office India|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/boxoffice/12651/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118092513/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/boxoffice/12651/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2008|work=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=9 August 2011}}

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)=

File:Tanisha Mukherjee walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA 04.jpg

She made her comeback by participating in the television reality show Bigg Boss 7 and became the 1st runner-up.{{cite web |title=Tanisha Mukherjee becomes the first runner up in Bigg Boss 7 |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bigg-boss-7-gauahar-khan-wins-tanisha-mukherji-first-runnerup/442142-44-124.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229042241/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bigg-boss-7-gauahar-khan-wins-tanisha-mukherji-first-runnerup/442142-44-124.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2013 |publisher=IBN |access-date=30 December 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Tanishaa-Mukerjis-candid-confessions/photostory/47453337.cms |title=Tanishaa Mukerji's candid confessions — The Times of India |newspaper=The Times of India}} She was later seen as one of the judges in the stand-up comedy show Gangs of Haseepur.{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gangs-of-haseepur-has-something-for-all-mandira-bedi/466040-44-124.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421084146/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gangs-of-haseepur-has-something-for-all-mandira-bedi/466040-44-124.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2014 |title='Gangs of Haseepur' has something for all: Mandira Bedi |publisher=CNN-IBN}} 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

Year	Title	Role	Languages	Notes
class="wikitable"
2003	Sssshhh...	Mahek Gujral	rowspan=5\|Hindi	Film Debut
2004	Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao	Tanya Sharma
rowspan="3" \| 2005	Neal 'n' Nikki	Nikkita Bakshi
Sarkar	Avantika
Tango Charlie	Lachchi Narayan
2007	Unnale Unnale	Deepika	Tamil	Tamil Film Debut
rowspan="3"\|2008	One Two Three	Chandni	Hindi
Kantri	Pyaasi Priya	Telugu	Telugu Film Debut
Sarkar Raj	Avantika	rowspan=3\| Hindi
2010	Tum Milo Toh Sahi	Unnamed	Cameo appearance
rowspan="2"\|2011	Be Careful	Anjali
Chop	Emily Reed	English	Hollywood Film Debut
2016	Anna	Shikha	rowspan=3\|Hindi
2021	Code Name Abdul	Salma
2024	Luv You Shankar''	Geeta
2025 \|Veer Murarbaji \|TBA \|Marathi \|Marathi Film Debut{{Cite news \|date=2023-07-14 \|title='Veer Murarbaji': Tanisha Mukerji bags a key role in Ankit Mohan's historical epic-Exclusive! \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/veer-murarbaji-tanisha-mukerji-bags-a-key-role-in-ankit-mohans-historical-epic-exclusive/articleshow/101753245.cms \|access-date=2025-01-14 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}

= Television =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

! Ref.

2013

| Bigg Boss 7

| Contestant

| 1st runner-up

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title='Bigg Boss 7' complete list of contestants |work=The Indian Express |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bigg-boss-7-final-list-of-celebs/1169462/ |date=15 September 2013 |access-date=15 September 2013}}

2014

| Gangs of Haseepur

| Judge

2016

| Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7

| Contestant

| 4th place

2023

| Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11

|Contestant

|13th place