Raveena Tandon Biography, Facts, Life Style & Life Story

Full Name:	Raveena Tandon
Nickname:	Ravs, Mast Mast Gir
Known As:	Famous for starring in Parampara movie
Profession:	Actress, Producer, Television Personality, Former Model
Salary (approx.):	1-2 crore/film (INR)
Net Worth (approx.):	$7 million
Nationality:	Indian
Age:	48 years old
Father:	Ravi Tandon
Mother:	Veena Tandon
Height (approx.):	5-ft 6-inch (1.68m)
Weight (approx.):	60 kg
Marital Status:	Married
Husband:	Anil Thadani (M. 2004)
Children:	Four
Date of Birth:	October 26, 1974
Birthplace:	Mumbai, India
Religion:	Hinduism
Zodiac Sign:	Libra
Qualification:	Graduated
School:	Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
College:	Mithibai College, Mumbai
Hobbies:	Reading, Dancing
Favorite Actor:	Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff
Favorite Actress:	Neetu Singh
Favorite Food:	Tandoori Chicken, Dhoklas, Tandoori Paneer
Favorite Destination:	Switzerland
Favorite Movies:	Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Padosan
Favorite Car	Pajero
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Raveena Tandon’s Biography:

Raveena Tandon is a Bollywood super actress and model who has made a successful acting career in India. She performed in many successful films. Since then, she has continued to act in major roles and won several awards, including the Filmfare Best Actress Award. She was born on the 26th of Oct 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her age in 2022 is 48 years old.

Raveena began her acting career at a very young age, appearing in a number of commercials and small roles in Indian films. Raveena Tandon is an accomplished actress and model from India. Tandon began her screen career in television commercials and small roles in feature films before making her feature film debut with the 1991 “Patthar Ke Phool” movie.

Raveena Tandon is an award-winning Indian actress who has appeared in a number of Hindi language films. She made her debut in television in the early 1990s, before appearing in several unsuccessful films. In 2003, she won the Best Actress Award at the Filmfare Awards for her performance. 

She has primarily worked in Bollywood movies; also appeared in a few Tamil and Telugu language films. During the 90s, she was part of several commercial success movies such as “Mohra” (1994), “Khiladiyon Kay Khiladi” in 1996 and “Ziddi” in 1997, & among others.

She also got high critical acclaim for her performances in films like “Aks” in 2001 and “Satta” in 2003. She had the peak of her career in 2002 when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her best performance in Kalpana Lazmi’s Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence 2001.

Raveena Tandon is the daughter of a famous filmmaker ‘Ravi Tandon’ and his wife, Veena Tandon. Her name is a combination of her father’s & mother’s names. She attended the Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu and studied at Mithibai College (India). She completed her 1st and 2nd years at the college in India.

During her period as an intern, she got her first movie offer from Shantanu Sheorey, which she accepted promptly. She dropped out of college studies and decided to pursue her filmi career. Her maternal uncle is a famous actor Mac Mohan.

Raveena Tandon is one of the most successful and celebrated actresses in Bollywood. She has acted in some of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time. She has also won several awards, including a Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In this article, we will explore how Raveena Tandon ended up in Bollywood and what her path to success was.

Raveena Tandon’s Career, Recognition & awards!

Her father was a famous producer and director of some movies from the 1970s to 1980s. She also has a younger brother called Rajiv Tandon. She also has a cousin named Kiran Rathod, an attractive South Indian actress. Her debut movie “Patthar Ke Phool” (1991), was a hit; she received the Filmfare Lux New Face Award for her debut excellent performance.

Her next movie, Mohra (1994) & Dilwale (1994), were big hits at the box office, and Laadla (1994) as well; although an average performer actress, she still earned her a Filmfare nomination as best supporting actress. After that, Mohra was the second biggest hit movie in (1994). Her other released movies of that year included the thriller “Imtihaan” in 1994 and the comedy “Andaz Apna Apna” in 1994.

In 1995, Raveena Tandon starred with Shah Rukh Khan for the first time in the movie “Zamana Deewana”, and the film failed to do well. Her following films badly were unable to do well at the box office, and her career saw a drop in her successful career. In 1997 she was to play her first evil role in “Dus” movie, but the film was shelved after the director’s death when 50% of the film’s shooting had been completed.

In 1998, Raveena Tandon had eight releases. Her last release of that year, two movies, “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan” co-starring Amitabh Bachchan & Govinda, turned out to be the 2nd biggest hit movies of the year. Coincidentally, Raveena Tandon was offered the second lead in the “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” film, which went on to be the biggest hit in 1998, but Tandon turned it down. Her other released films of that year were “Gharwali Baharwali” which gained a below-average status & Vinashak, Pardesi Babu & “Aunty No. 1”, all of which were unsuccessful movies.

In the 2000s, Raveena Tandon turned her film career professionally. She went on to the performance more with art film directors and realistic cinema. Raveena Tondon won many awards and the Filmfare Special Performance Award for her outstanding performance in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Aks” movie.

Her years in the film industry paid off when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in Kalpana Lazmi’s Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence in 2001, where Tandon played a battered wife to an abusive husband. Tandon surprised critics and audiences with her best performance in the film, and greatly appreciated her performance.

Since then, she has starred in many critically acclaimed movies, such as Satta (2003) and Dobara (2004), but has not had many box office successful movies.

Her last release film was “Sandwich” (2006) which opened to poor reviews and reception. Tandon has produced the films “Stumped” in 2003 & Pehchaan: The Face of Truth in 2005; neither had many successful movies at the box office.

Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress who has starred in a variety of movies and TV shows. She has won a number of awards and nominations, including three Filmfare Awards. In addition to her acting career, Tandon is also a public figure and has been involved in various humanitarian causes. She was the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from 2013 to 2015.

Movie Name	Year	Movie Name	Year
Patthar Ke Phool	1991	Shool	1999
Jeena Marna Tere Sang	1992	Gair	1999
Pehla Nasha	1993	Upendra	1999
Divya Shakti	1993	Tune Mera Dil Le Liya	2000
Kshatriya	1993	Jung	2000
Parampara	1993	Bulandi	2000
Ek Hi Raasta	1993	Khauff	2000
Ratha Saradhi	1993	Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye	2000
Bangaru Bullodu	1993	Ghaath	2000
Zamane Se Kya Darna	1994	Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence	2001
Dilwale	1994	Aks	2001
Insaniyat	1994	Akasa Veedhilo	2001
Imtihaan	1994	Aalavandhan	2001
Laadla	1994	Abhay	2001
Andaz Apna Apna	1994	Officer	2001
Aatish	1994	Akhiyon Se Goli Maare	2002
Mohra	1994	Ek Hindustani	2002
Main Khiladi Tu Anari	1994	Soch	2002
Sadhu	1994	Agni Varsha	2002
Taqdeerwala	1995	Waah! Tera Kya Kehna	2002
Zamaana Deewana	1995	Satta	2003
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein	1995	Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye	2003
Vijeta	1996	Stumped	2003
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi	1996	LOC Kargil	2003
Rakshak	1996	Jaago	2004
Anjaane	1997	Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke	2004
Ziddi	1997	Police Force: An Inside Story	2004
Ziddi	1997	Aan: Men at Work	2004
Daava	1997	Ek Se Badhkar Ek	2004
Deewana Mastana	1997	Dobara	2004
Ghulam-E-Mustafa	1997	Pehchaan: The Face of Truth	2005
Vinashak – Destroyer	1997	Ek Din Anjaane Mein	2006
Keemat – They Are Back	1998	Sandwich	2006
Salaakhen	1998	Laboratory	2010
Aunty No. 1	1998	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	2011
Gharwali Baharwali	1998	Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda	2014
Dulhe Raja	1998	Jai Ho	2014
Barood	1998	Bombay Velvet	2015
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	1998	Jai Hind	2015
Pardesi Babu	1998	2 Chehare	2015
Anari No.1	1999	Maatr	2017
Jai Hind	1999	Hanuman Da' Damdaar	2017
		Khandaani Shafakhana	2019
		K.G.F: Chapter 2	2022
		Ghudchadi	2022

Personal life:

Raveena Tandon adopted two children, Pooja & Chhaya, as single mothers in the 1990s. Tandon previously dated actor Akshay Kumar and was set to be engaged to him; however, they broke up very soon after.

Tandon began dating movie distributor Anil Thadani while making her film “Stumped” in 2003. Their engagement was announced in Nov-2003. She married Thadani on Feb-22-2004, in Jag Mandir Palace in Udaipur, Rajasthan, according to Punjabi style & criteria. She gave birth to a baby girl called Rasha on Mar-16, 2005. She gave birth to her 2nd child, a baby boy named Ranbir, on July 12, 2007.

Controversies:

Raveena Tandon was the chairperson of the Children’s Film Society of India from 2003. Still, from 2004 the actress began to get complaints that she didn’t attend the organization’s meetings as per schedules & that she was not involved with the activities set up by the society members. In Sep-2005, Tandon resigned from her post due to personal reasons.

In Nov-2005, Tandon sued Shaadi.com and Shaaditimes.com, claiming they were using her unauthorized pictures to promote their website. Tandon also sued the CEO of Satyanet Solutions, as they claimed that Raveena and her husband had met through the website.

Commitments:

In Nov-2002, Tandon signed on to support the People who work for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She has posed in many commercial campaigns joining the likes of Shilpa Shetty, Amisha Patel & John Abraham. On the issue of cows being slaughtered only for their skin, she said: “their abuse at the hands of corrupt skin and meat traders should be stopped”.

In June 2006, Raveena Tondon contributed to the “Lotus Eye” Hospital in Mumbai (India) for underprivileged children.

Some Unique Facts You Never Know About Raveena Tandon!

• As a child wish, Tandon wanted to be a Pilot or an I.P.S officer.
• Raveena Tandon never thought of becoming a film actress at all. But when she was performing as an intern to Prahlad Kakkar (ads-maker) at ‘Genesis P.R’, her friends and people complimented her looks & gestures, after which she realized that she could make it to the Bollywood world.
• She initially hesitated to do movies and refused many films offers, but somehow Prahlad convinced her and then ‘Patthar Ke Phool’ in 1991 happened.
• When Raveena was young, she had a massive crush on Sanjay Dutt.
• She did not complete her B.A. study and dropped out after two years due to her popularity in movies because she was getting the problems with college authorities controlling the huge crowd around her.
• Raveena has hosted many Television shows like “Isi Ka Naam Zindagi” & “Simply Baatien with Raveena Tandon.”
• She has judged the Television shows like “Sabse Bada Kalakar”  “The Drama Company” & “Nach Baliye 9”.
• She refused to do films like ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai,’ and ‘Gupt’ due to her two-year break from her acting period.
• She also won the National Film Award for the Best Actress for the movie “Daman”, A Victim of Marital Violence, in 2002.
• She considers her father & mother as her inspiration.
• In 2017, Tandon appeared in the movie “Shab”, where she romanced a 13 years younger girl actor. The film had too many bold scenes and was even banned from being released on Television.
• She reportedly got into a big fight with her co-star “Karisma Kapoor” on the film sets.

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