Vete a
act ess
Ta uja
o ce
sha ed
a
i te esti g
th owback
sto y
about
the
fi st
time
she
saw
he self
o
sc ee ,
eveali g
that
she
was
so
u happy
with
how
she
sou ded
that
she
wa ted
to
quit
acti g
altogethe .
Speaki g
o
the
popula
chat
show
‘Jee a
Isi
Ka
Naam
Hai’,
Ta uja
ecalled
the
amusi g
excha ge
she
had
with
he
mothe
that
cha ged
he
mi d.
He e’s
what
Ta uja
told
he
mothe
about
he
o sc ee
voice
Recalli g
the
i cide t
o
the
show,
Ta uja
had
said,
“I
saw
my
fi st
ushes
a d
hea d
my
voice
o
sc ee
fo
the
fi st
time.
A d
my
God.
It
was
like… eally
bad.
So,
I
told
my
mom
that
I
do ‘t
wa t
to
wo k
ow
because
my
voice
sou ds
like
a
at.”
Howeve ,
he
mothe
t ied
to
calm
he
dow
a d
co vi ce
he
to
co ti ue.
The
lemo ade
deal
that
cha ged
Ta uja’s
mi d
Ta uja
the
decided
to
egotiate
with
he
mothe ,
aski g
he ,
“What
will
you
give
me
if
I
decide
to
act
i
you
film?”
Whe
he
mothe
asked
what
she
wa ted
i
etu ,
Ta uja
simply
asked
fo
lemo ade.
Explai i g
he
u usual
dema d,
she
said,
“Because
at
that
time
we
we e
ot
allowed
to
d i k
all
these
bottles.
So
eve y
time
they
wa ted
me
to
do
somethi g,
it
was
o e
lemo ade.”
Ta uja’s
jou ey
i
Bollywood
Ta uja
bega
he
ca ee
as
a
child
a tist
i
1950
with
the
film
‘Hama i
Beti’,
whe e
she
played
the
you ge
ve sio
of
Nuta
i
a
movie
p oduced
by
he
ow
mothe .
She
we t
o
to
make
he
debut
as
a
adult
act ess
with
‘Chhabili’
i
1960
a d
ose
to
fame
a
yea
late
with
‘Hama i
Yaad
Aayegi’
i
1961.Ove
the
yea s,
Ta uja
featu ed
i
seve al
otable
films,
i cludi g
‘Baha e
Phi
Bhi
Aaye gi’
(1966),
‘Jewel
Thief’
(1967),
‘Jee e
Ki
Raah’
(1969),
‘Haathi
Me e
Saathi’
(1971),
‘A ubhav’
(1971),
‘Do
Cho ‘
(1972)
a d
‘Me e
Jeeva
Saathi’
(1972),
amo g
ma y
othe s,
ceme ti g
he
legacy
as
o e
of
Hi di
ci ema’s
fi est
act esses.
