Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1974) is an Indian actress, model and producer who works in Hindi films. She is the daughter of director Ravi Tandon, and was born and raised in Mumbai. She started her career in modelling and later made her acting debut in the 1991 action film Patthar Ke Phool, which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year.
In 1994, Tandon starred in five successful films including, the two the top-grossing films, the musical action dramas Dilwale and Mohra. Her performance in the box office hit drama Laadla (1994), earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable film of the year was the cult classic comedy Andaz Apna Apna. These accomplishments established Tandon as a leading actress in Hindi cinema. During this period, Tandon got engaged to her frequent co-star Akshay Kumar and stopped signing films in advance before the impending wedding and in process rejected several big films and roles that went on to become popular. Her films released in this period were mostly the ones which were finished before her decision to quit acting, which includes the box-office successes Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), Ziddi (1997) and Ghulam-E-Mustafa (1997). The first two of these were among the highest-grossing Indian films of their respective years.
After her engagement was called off, Tandon made a comeback by starring in a series of successful films such as Gharwali Baharwali(1998), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Dulhe Raja (1998) and Anari No.1 (1999), and garnered praise for her performance in the crime drama Shool (1999). In the early 2000s, she took on serious dramatic roles and ventured into arthouse cinema with roles in the 2001 films Daman and Aks, both of which garnered her widespread critical acclaim. She won the National Film Award for Best Actressfor the former while the latter won her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. Further praise came for her leading roles in the political drama Satta (2003) and the Sahara One television series Sahib Biwi Gulam(2004).
After her marriage to the film distributor Anil Thadani, she took a break from films and some of her delayed films were released during this time. Tandon ventured into television as a talent judge on several reality dance shows and hosted her own talk shows Isi Ka Naam Zindagi (2012) and Simply Baatien With Raveena (2014). After several years of hiatus, she starred in a leading role in the thriller Maatr. Tandon is also an environmentalist and has worked with PETAsince 2002. Tandon has four children, two adopted and two with her husband