Veteran actor Tanuja, mother of Kajol and Tanisha, was admitted to a Mumbai hospital on December 17 due to an age-related illness.
According to a PTI report, she is under observation in the ICU and is doing well.
Tanuja is the daughter of filmmaker Kumarsen Samarth and actor Shobhna Samarth. She has worked extensively in Hindi and Bengali cinema.
She married filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee; and has two daughters, actors Kajol and Tanisha.
She started her film career with her elder sister Nutan in ‘Hamari Beti’ (1950) as a child actor. As a leading lady, her first film was ‘Hamari Yaad Aayegi’ (1961).
She then went on to star in ‘Baharein Phir Bhi Ayengi’ (1966), ‘Jewel Thief’ (1969), ‘Paisa Ya Pyaar’ (1969), ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ (1971), and ‘Mere Jeevan Sathi’ (1972).
In Bengali cinema, she worked in films such as ‘Deya Neya’ (1963), ‘Anthony-Firingee’ (1967), ‘Teen Bhuvaner Parey’ (1969) and ‘Rajkumari’ (1970), among many others.