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The Mukherjee-Samarth family is a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

-Marathi

Marathi people

The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...

family that has been involved in the Indian Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

film industry since the 1930s, Shobhana Samarth having first acted in a film in 1935. The Mukherjee family was connected to the Samarth family by Tanuja's marriage to Shomu Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee was a Bengali Indian director, writer and producer.Born in 1943, he was the fourth son of Sashadhar Mukherjee, the owner of Filmalaya studios, and Sati Rani Devi. His mother was the only sister of the Ganguly brothers....

in 1973.

The Mukherjees

The Mukherjee family are a Bengali Brahmin family that was said to be headed by Sashadhar Mukherjee

Sashadhar Mukherjee

Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer in Hindi films. He is part of the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood.Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family...

, described as the founder of Filmistan

Filmistan

Filmistan was a film production company and film studio of Indian film industry from Goregaon, Mumbai. It is located very near to Patkar College on SV road spread over seven acres. Many students have claimed to see superstars in the studio. Patkar College's reputation has increased due to this...

studios.http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2001/12/21/stories/2001122100800100.htm His five sons, Rono Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee

- Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and...

, Deb Mukherjee

Deb Mukherjee

Deb Mukherjee is a Bengali Indian actor. He is the father of director Ayan Mukerji.He is part of the famous Mukherjee family which spans four generations. His family has been in the Bollywood industry since the 1940s. His family includes his father Sashadhar Mukherjee, the owner of Filmalaya...

, Shomu Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee

and Shubir Mukherjee followed him into the industry. Joy and Deb were actors. Shomu became a director and producer. Rono Mukherjee is the father of actress Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherji is an Indian actress working in Bollywood.-Biography:She is the daughter of Rono Mukerji. Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukerji and Deb Mukerji. Her paternal grandfather, Sashadhar Mukerji, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi was the sister of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and...

and , Shubir is also a producer.

Sashadhar's younger brother, Subodh Mukherjee

Subodh Mukherjee

Subodh Mukerji was a renowned movie-maker of Bengali origin. He was the brother of the leading producer director Sashadhar Mukherjee...

, was a director. He died on 21 May 2005.http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-23-newsID-5206.html He is survived by his wife Kamala, sons Subhash and Sanjay and daughter Gitanjali. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_print.asp?id=299545

Sashadhar's elder brother is Ravindramohan Mukherjee. His son Ram Mukherjee

Ram Mukherjee

Ram Mukherjee is an Indian film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the Mukherjee-Samarth family and is father of Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee.He is the founder of Filmalaya Studios.-Filmography:Director# Raktanadir Dhara...

is the father of Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

. Ram is a film director and was one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios.

Sashadhar was married to Ashok Kumar’s sister Satirani Ganguly.

Filmalaya Studios is currently owned by Shomu Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee

(Kajol's father), Ram Mukherjee

Ram Mukherjee

(Rani's father), Rono Mukherjee (Sharbani's father) and Shubir Mukherjee.

The Samarths

The Samarth family is a Marathi CKP (Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu

Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu

Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu or , abbreviated CKP, is an ethno-religious community which is part of Kayastha. The mother tongue of this community is Marathi...

) family. Their legacy in films began with Rattan Bai

Rattan Bai

Rattan Bai was a courtesan and entertainer who is the ancestress of several Bollywood film stars. She was the mother of actress Shobhna Samarth and thus the grandmother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja...

, a popular actress of the 1940s. Her daughter Shobhna Samarth

Shobhna Samarth

Shobhna Samarth was a Marathi actress who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Indian film industry, and continued in lead roles into the 1950s. She started in Marathi cinema. Her first Hindi film, Nigahen Nafrat was released in 1935...

(1915-9 February 2000), was an actress and acted in films such as Love in Simla
Love in Simla
Love In Simla is a 1960 Indian Hindi film, produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R.K. Nayyar, the film had the producer's son, Joy Mukherjee, in the lead...

(1960), which also featured Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee

. Shobna's cousin, Nalini Jaywant

Nalini Jaywant

Nalini Jaywant was an Indian movie actress from Bollywood in the 1940s and 1950s.-Personal life and education:...

, was also an actress.

Shobna's daughters are Chatura, Tanuja and Nutan

Nutan

Nutan Behl , better known as Nutan , was an Indian actress. She appeared in more than 70 Hindi films in a career spanning over four decades...

. Tanuja and Nutan carried on the family tradition. Tanuja was a moderate success, but it was Nutan (June 4, 1936 - February, 1991) who became a huge star. She holds the record for the most Filmfare

Filmfare

Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...

awards won for Best Actress

Filmfare Best Actress Award

The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...

along with her niece Kajol

Kajol

Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....

.

Tanuja and Nutan's children have also entered the film industry; they are the fourth generation of Samarths to do so. Nutan's son Mohnish Behl

Mohnish Behl

Mohnish Bahl Mohnish Bahl Mohnish Bahl (Hindi: मोह्निश बहल,(born 14 February 1963) is an Indian actor working in the Bollywood film industry. He is currently playing the role of Dr. Ashutosh in the show Kuch Toh Log Kahenge-Personal life:...

is an actor; Tanuja's daughters Kajol

Kajol

Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....

and Tanisha are actresses.http://www.kajol-mania.net/Articles/art31.htm

Kajol

Kajol is one of the most popular Bollywood

Bollywood

actress. She has won five Filmfare awards for Best Actress and one Filmfare South award for Best Actress. She was also the first woman to win the Filmfare best villain award. She has had numerous blockbusters and hits to her name such as Baazigar

Baazigar

Baazigar is a 1993 Indian Hindi film directed by Abbas-Mustan. Inspired by the novel A Kiss Before Dying, it is a contemporary thriller about a young man who stops at nothing to get what he wants. The film shocked its Indian audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula,...

, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , also known as DDLJ, is a Hindi language film released on 20 October 1995. A romantic comedy, the film marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, and stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol...

, Gupt, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Kajol and Ajay Devgan. The film is a remake of the 1995 Hollywood film French Kiss, starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.- Synopsis :...

, Ishq

Ishq

' , Dari "eshq" Persian eshgh, Turkish aşk, , Azerbaijani , means "love". The word is derived from ‘ashiqah, a vine: the common belief is that when love takes its root in the heart of a lover, everything other than God is effaced. In Islam's Sufi and mystic doctrine it is a concept which refers to...

, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a Hindi romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on 16 October 1998. The film was written and directed by the debuting Karan Johar and stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in their fourth movie together...

, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and Fanaa

Fanaa (film)

Fanaa is a 2006 Hindi romance film, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol in pivotal roles. It is directed by Kunal Kohli who previously directed Hum Tum, and is produced under Yash Raj Films. The film also stars Rishi Kapoor, Tabu and Sharat Saxena.Fanaa was released on 26 May 2006, in India...

. Her films with Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....

have been huge hits.

Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan , born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award...

; the couple has a daughter, Nysa, and a son, Yug. For a few years, she concentrated on her marriage and motherhood, sidelining films. Her come back film Fanaa
Fanaa (film)
Fanaa is a 2006 Hindi romance film, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol in pivotal roles. It is directed by Kunal Kohli who previously directed Hum Tum, and is produced under Yash Raj Films. The film also stars Rishi Kapoor, Tabu and Sharat Saxena.Fanaa was released on 26 May 2006, in India...

with Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

was hugely successful as was her latest release "My Name is Khan

My Name is Khan

My Name Is Khan ; commonly referred to as MNIK, is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar, with a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan, and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, who reunite after nine years...

". She has also acted in her husband's directorial debut "U Me Aur Hum

U Me Aur Hum

U Me Aur Hum is a 2008 Bollywood film directed and produced by Ajay Devgan under Devgan Entertainment Software Ltd. and Eros Entertainment. The film, which marks Devgan's debut as a director stars him alongside his wife Kajol in their seventh film together. Karan Khanna, Isha Sharvani, Sumeet...

". Her latest releases are "We Are Family

We Are Family (2010 film)

We Are Family is a Hindi film directed by Siddharth Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar. The project features actors Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles, and is an official remake of the 1998 film Stepmom. It released worldwide on September 3, 2010, and a day before in India...

" and "Toonpur Ka Superhero".

Her younger sister Tanisha and her cousins Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherjee

and Rani Mukherjee

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

are also bollywood actresses.

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is considered as one of the most popular actresses in the industry today. Rani is a cousin

Cousin

In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...

to Kajol. Rani's mother was a playback singer.http://www.hindustanlink.com/bollywood/rani-mukherjee-bollywood-indian-film-actress-biography.htm She has worked with Kajol in the 1998 hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a Hindi romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on 16 October 1998. The film was written and directed by the debuting Karan Johar and stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in their fourth movie together...

. Rani has been nominated for and won various awards. She is best known for her performance in 2005 cult classic Black for which she won several awards. She has several blockbusters to her credit such as Ghulam

Ghulam

Ghulam is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront . It is the second remake of On the Waterfront after Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt...

, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

, Saathiya, Hum Tum

Hum Tum

Hum Tum is a Bollywood movie, released in India on 28 May 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles....

, Veer-Zaara

Veer-Zaara

The soundtrack was released on CD and specially on Audio DVD. The music is based on old and untouched compositions by the late Madan Mohan, as revised by his son Sanjeev Kohli....

, Black, Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna commonly known as KANK is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar and produced under the Dharma Productions banner...

.

Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a producer but is now working on his first directorial project. Raja became a father when wife Jyoti gave birth to a baby girl.http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034468

An interview with Simi Garewal

Simi Garewal

Simi Garewal is an Indian actress. She is known for her work in Mera Naam Joker, Siddhartha and Karz.-Early life:Simi Garewal was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Delhi, her father, J S Garewal served in the army rising to the rank of brigadier...

confirmed that Kajol's and Rani's grandfathers were brothers, so the two actresses are second cousins.

Mukherjee family tree

Ravindramohan Mukherjee---------Sashadhar Mukherjee

Sashadhar Mukherjee

Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer in Hindi films. He is part of the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood.Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family...

----------Subodh Mukherjee

Subodh Mukherjee

Subodh Mukerji was a renowned movie-maker of Bengali origin. He was the brother of the leading producer director Sashadhar Mukherjee...

------------Prabodh Mukherjee
=Snehalata =Sati Rani Ganguly = Kamala Mukherjee =Parul Mukherjee
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| | Subhash--- Gitanjali

Gitanjali

Gitanjali is a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.This volume became very famous in the West, and was widely translated....

--- Sanjay

Sanjay

Sanjay is an Hindu male given name meaning "Victorious" and may refer to:* Sanjaya, an important character in Hindu epic Mahabharata* Sanjay Chakrabarty, an Indian music composer, vocalist and sound therapist* Sanjay Dutt, a Bollywood actor....

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| +--------------------------+-------------------+----------------+--------------+-----------+
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| Rono Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee

Deb Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee

Shibani Subir
| =Samita Mukherjee =Neelam Sodhi =Amrit

Amrit

Amrit, also known as Marathos or Marathus, was an ancient city located near Tartous in Syria. It was founded during the Amorites period, 3rd millennium BC....

=Tanuja =Deb Maullik =Manisha

Manisha

Manisha is the Hindu goddess of the mind. It is also commonly used as a name for girls esp. in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka the countries where Hinduism is a major religion. Manisha is a complex name with several layers of meaning...

Sharbani Mukherjee

-Siddharth Monjoya--Sujoy Sunita

Sunita

Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a very poor family who had next to no food and was an outcast whose job was to gather flowers from shrines and throw them away:...

--Ayan Mukerji Kajol Mukherjee

Kajol

Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....

= Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan

Tanisha Mukherjee

Tanisha , also known as Tanisha, is a Hindi, Telugu and Tamil actress.-Family background:Tanisha is an Indian actress of Bengali–Marathi descent. Tanisha comes from a prominent industry family, which has been working in Bollywood since the 1940s...

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+----------------------------------+-------------------------+ Nysa Devgan--Yug Devgan
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Lalit Mukherjee = Monica Banerjee Shyam Mukherjee

Shyam Mukherjee

Shyam Mukherjee is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Housing in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Bishnupur constituency in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011.- References :...

Ram Mukherjee

= Krishna Roy
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Surjoe Mukerji =Urmila+Hema [Gauri] [Bina] [Shakti] Satyajit

Satyajit

Satyajit is a common Indian name. The word is a compound of the words for truthful , and winner . Some noted personalities with the name Satyajit are:*Satyajit Ray - noted filmmaker.*Satyajit Padhye - ventriloquist and TV personality....

Raja Mukherjee]] = Jyothi Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

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[Shonali] [Shubarna] [Neeraj] +-------------------+
Myesha Mukherjee Vian Mukherjee

Samarth family tree

Rattan Bai

= P S Shilotri
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Shobhna Samarth

Shobhna Samarth

= Kumarsen Samarth

Kumarsen Samarth

Kumarsen Samarth belonged to a Marathi modernist family. His inclination towards the Marathi language led him to direct some great Marathi/Hindi movies such as Nal Damyanti and Rupaye ki kahani . His biggest success was a Marathi film titled Saibaba. He studied cinematography in Germany and came...

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Jaideep

Jaideep

Jaideep may refer to:*Jaideep Mehrotra, Indian artist*Jaideep Sahni, Indian screenwriter*Jaideep Saikia, Indian security and terrorism expert*Jaideep Dhanapal, Little Master & Son of Dhanapal Subramanian from India, Tamilnadu, Chennai/Erode...

Nutan

Nutan Behl , better known as Nutan , was an Indian actress. She appeared in more than 70 Hindi films in a career spanning over four decades...

= Rajnish Behl Chatura Tanuja = Shomu Mukherjee

Shomu Mukherjee

Reshma
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Mohnish Behl

Mohnish Behl

= Ektaa Behl +----------------------------------------+
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+---------------------+ Kajol Mukherjee

Kajol

Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....

= Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan

Tanisha Mukherjee

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