Mukherjee-Samarth family is a Hindu Bengali-Marathi family that has been involved in the Hindi film industry since the 1930s, Shobhana Samarth having first acted in a film in 1935.
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28 Facts About Mukherjee-Samarth family
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The Mukherjee family was connected to the Samarth family by Tanuja's marriage to Shomu Mukherjee in 1973.
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Mukherjee side of the Mukherjee-Samarth family is a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin Mukherjee-Samarth family headed by Sashadhar Mukherjee, described as the founder of Filmalaya studios.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family got married into Guha Family, landlords of their times.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family's son, Ram Mukherjee, was a film director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family had two children with his wife Krishna Mukerji, the actress Rani Mukerji, and Raja Mukerji who is a producer.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is survived by his wife Kamala, sons Subhash and Sanjay and daughter Gitanjali.
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Samarth Mukherjee-Samarth family is a Marathi Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu Mukherjee-Samarth family.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family's daughter Shobhna Samarth, was an actress and appeared in films such as Ram Rajya as Sita.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family holds the record for the most Filmfare awards won for Best Actress along with her niece Kajol.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is the son of the late director and action choreographer Veeru Devgan.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family has won six Filmfare awards among them five for Best Actress and one for Best Villain.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family was the first woman to win the Filmfare best villain award.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family has numerous blockbusters and hits to her name such as Baazigar, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Gupt: The Hidden Truth, Ishq, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and Fanaa.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family has acted in her husband's directorial debut U Me Aur Hum.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family's younger sister Tanishaa Mukerji, aunt Nutan, grandmother Shobhna, great-grandmother Rattan Bai and cousins Sharbani, Mohnish and Rani are actors in Hindi cinema, while another cousin, Ayan, is a director, and grandfather, Kumarsen, was a poet.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family has worked with Kajol in the 1998 hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family won seven Filmfare awards and among them two for Best Actress, two for Best Actress and three for Best Actress in Supporting Role.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is the first and only actress to receive Best Actress and Best Actress in Supporting Role awards in the same year as well as Best Actress and Best Actress in the same year.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is best known for her performance in 2005 cult classic Black for which she won several awards.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family has several blockbusters to her credit such as Ghulam, Saathiya, Chalte Chalte, Hum Tum, Veer-Zaara, Bunty Aur Babli Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and No One Killed Jessica.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is the son of director and producer Yash Chopra and comes from the Chopra-Johar family.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is the director of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Mohabbatein and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi for which he won numerous awards including Filmfare Awards and National Awards.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family's parents were actress Nutan and Rajnish Bahl, a lieutenant commander in the Indian Navy.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is the son of actor Deb Mukherjee, made his directorial debut with Karan Johar produced Wake Up Sid, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family directed his next film, the highly successful Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013.
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Mukherjee-Samarth family is married to Sunita, former actor Deb Mukherjee's daughter from his first marriage.
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