Filmfare
Awards
2014
gives
away
the
prestigious
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
to
Yester
Year's
Actress
Tanuja.
She
received
this
award
by
none
other
than
the
legend
Amitabh
Bachchan.
The
Lifetime
Achievement
Awards
are
considered
as
the
most
prestigious
awards
and
are
given
to
the
actor
or
actress
for
their
outstanding
contribution
to
the
Indian
Cinema
Industry.
This
year
Tanuja
who
is
the
mother
of
Kajol
and
Tanisha
is
awarded
by
this
Lifetime
Achievement
Trophy.
Tanuja
is
remembered
for
her
roles
in
Hindi
films
like
Baharen
Phir
Bhi
Aayengi
,
Jewel
Thief,
Haathi
Mere
Saathi
and
Anubhav.
Considered
as
the
most
gorgeous
actress
of
her
Tanuja
also
made
her
appearance
in
Marathi,
Bengali
and
Gujarati
films
like,
Zaakol,
Pitruroon
(Marathi),
Naari
tu
Narayani'(Gujarati),
and
several
Bengali
films
such
as
Antony
Phiringee,
Deya
Neya,
Teen
Bhuvaner
Parey
(1969),
Prothom
Kadam
Phool,
and
Rajkumari.
The
Bengali
Bala
started
her
film
career
with
her
older
sister
Nutan
in
Hamari
Beti
(1950)
as
Baby
Tanuja.She
later
made
her
debut
in
the
film
Chhabili
(1960)
which
was
directed
by
her
mother
and
had
her
sister,
Nutan,
in
the
lead.
The
film
that
truly
marked
her
transition
into
adult
heroine
came
with
Hamari
Yaad
Aayegi
(1961),
directed
by
Kidar
Sharma,
who
had
earlier
discovered
Raj
Kapoor,
Madhubala
and
Geeta
Bali.
With
being
able
to
work
in
more
than
hundred
movies
and
getting
awarded
for
many
this
lady
has
surely
set
a
bench
mark
for
all
the
actresses
of
today
who
can
only
dream
of
becoming
like
the
veteran
Tanuja
Mukherjee.