Tanishaa Mukerji says Ajay Devgn tried to save her career, got her a secretary: ‘He really takes care of family’

Tanishaa Mukerji's career failed to flourish after she made her debut in 2003 with a multi-starrer film. Her brother-in-law and Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn stepped in to help her.

Tanishaa Mukerji shared that Ajay Devgn helped her after she was out of work for about 2-3 years. (Photo: Tanishaa Mukerji/instagram)

Actor Tanishaa Mukerji, daughter of veteran Bollywood star Tanuja and sister of Kajol, started her acting career in 2003 with the film Sssshhh…The film didn’t find any takers. Subsequently, her following films also failed to give wings to her career. At this point, her brother-in-law and Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn stepped in to help her.

In a recent interview, Tanishaa shared that Ajay helped her after she was out of work for about 2-3 years. She told Siddharth Kannan, “Ajay came in later. He realised, ‘Ye kya ho raha hai (what is happening with her career)’ and then he was like, ‘Wait a minute baby, let me come in.’ He came after my launch and after I was out of work for about 2-3 years. It all went downhill. Then Ajay got me a secretary. At that time, there were secretaries. KS Sanjay was fixed as my secretary by Ajay.”

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Tanishaa added that Ajay is a “lovely” human being and “really takes care of the family”.

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The actor, who is currently gaining popularity for her dancing skills with her performances on dance reality show Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa, also shared that she had enough film offers during the initial days of her career but she couldn’t take them up as she didn’t connect with them.

“They were quick films. Back then, the story of the films didn’t have substance and depth. It was an odd time in the industry when I came in. I wish I had done more films. It’s not like I didn’t get the offers but I didn’t connect with the subjects. I didn’t identify with the characters and I felt I wasn’t a real actor then,” reasoned Tanishaa.

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The films that Tanishaa starred in included Neal ‘n’ Nikki (2005), Sarkar (2005), Tango Charlie (2005), and One Two Three (2008).

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