Writer, Producer, and Director Tanuja have more than two-and-a-half decades of experience as a writer, producer & director for Television & Film spanning various genres like drama, thriller, romance, comedy, children’s shows, fantasy, and in formats of dailies, weeklies, one-offs, web-series & feature-length movies which were broadcasted on major Indian Television Networks like Star Plus, Sony Entertainment Television, Zee TV, Sahara, Life OK, Colours & Netflix.
Tanuja has done her M A in English Literature and is a graduate of the Film & TV Institute Pune (FTII) in Editing. She has been a Visiting Faculty at Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, Xavier’s Institute of Communication, Mumbai, Symbiosis Centre of Media & Communication, Pune, Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, and M L C University, Bhopal where she taught at and mentored students in Editing, Script Writing, Film Appreciation, Documentary Writing & Writing for Television & OTT Channels.
Her work spans a wide spectrum and includes “Selection Day” – Season 1 & 2 (Netflix); “Shaka Laka Boom Boom” Series 1 & 2 (Star Plus); “Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi” : (Sony Entertainment Television); “Kumkum” (Star Plus); “Yeh Dil Chahe More” (Star One); “Geet Gaata Chal” (Zee TV); “Buddha” (Zee TV, Doordarshan & Netflix); “Mumbai Diaries” Season 2 (Amazon Prime) to name a few. She has also directed & produced telefilms ‘Star Bestsellers’ and is an executive producer of the feature film ‘Saptapadii’ produced by A B Corp Ltd.
Earlier she has also been a drama artist on Radio, chief assistant to Actor Director Mr Dev Anand, done stories for a video magazine ‘Bollywood Plus’, Directed Telefilm ‘Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai’ and a science series ‘Turning Point’.