Raveena Tandon

Some Lesser Known Facts About Raveena Tandon

• Does Raveena Tandon smoke?: No

• Does Raveena Tandon drink alcohol?: Yes

• Raveena Tandon was born to Ravi Tandon and Veena Tandon in Mumbai.

  

• As a child, Tandon wanted to be a Pilot or an IPS officer.

• Raveena never thought of becoming an actress. But when she was working as an intern to Prahlad Kakkar (ad-maker) at ‘Genesis PR’, her friends and people around complimented her looks, after which she realized that she could make it to the Bollywood.

• She was initially reluctant to do films and refused film offers, but somehow Prahlad convinced her and then ‘Patthar Ke Phool’ (1991) happened.

• When she was young, she had a huge crush on Sanjay Dutt.

• She didn’t complete her B.A. and dropped out after 2 years as due to her popularity in films it was getting difficult for college authorities to control the crowd around her.

• According to reports, she got secretly engaged to Akshay Kumar but didn’t reveal it because Akshay was worried about his career and female fan following.

• Tandon has appeared in many commercial successes like ‘Laadla’ (1994), ‘Dilwale’ (1994), ‘Mohra’ (1994), ‘Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’ (1996), ‘Ziddi’ (1997), ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ (1998) and ‘Dulhe Raja’ (1998).

• Raveena has hosted TV shows like “Isi Ka Naam Zindagi” and “Simply Baatien With Raveena.”

• She has judged the TV shows like “Sabse Bada Kalakar,” “The Drama Company,” and Nach Baliye 9.”

  

• She refused to do movies like in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai,’ and ‘Gupt’ due to her 2-year break from acting.

• Due to Akshay’s link-up rumours with Rekha and his Casanova image, she broke up with him.

• She won the National Film Award for the Best Actress for the film ‘Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence’ (2002).

• The famous villain of 70s, Mac Mohan, was her maternal uncle.
  

• Raveena is the cousin of the actress, Kiran Rathod, and producer, Manjari Makijany.

  

• Tandon was made the chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, she resigned from her post citing personal reasons.

• Her name Raveena is the combination of her father’s name, Ravi and her mother’s name, Veena.

• She considers her parents as her inspiration.

• Reportedly, she did the film “Bombay Velvet” as a gesture and did not take any fee for it.

• In 2017, Tandon appeared in the film “Shab” in which she romanced a 13 years younger actor. The film had too many bold scenes and was even banned from releasing it on television.