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New Buds on the Block
Photograph by Rustam Vajifdar; Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena
PUBLISHED: Volume 12, Issue 2, Second Quarter 2004
Children of celebrities all, these young women aspire to seek their own moment in the sun. Verve takes a look at gently unfolding careers

Tanisha Mukherjee

Shobhana Samarth’s granddaughter, Tanuja’s younger offspring, Kajol’s kid sister, Ajay Devgan’s sister-in-law, Mohnish Bahl’s cousin…. Will the real Tanisha stand up? The 20 plus actress chortles, “I have a little bit of everyone in me….” One-film-old (Ssshhh), with more in her kitty (Tango Charlie and Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao), Tanisha always dreamt of becoming an actress. Born and brought up far away from masala moviedom, she says, “I never went on the sets but would watch Mom getting ready and loved the various wigs she would wear…. You can become a completely different person, it is like having a split personality.” Heavily influenced by her grandmother and ‘Kads’, Tanisha is on a roll. Future plans? “It all depends on the frame of mind I am in….” A mindset blueprinted by her bloodline, naturally.

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