Raveena Tandon, a leading Bollywood actress of her era, continues to make a significant mark in the industry. Married to Anil Thadani, she anticipates her daughter Rasha’s Bollywood debut. In an exclusive interview with Lehren, she delved into various topics, notably sharing the story of her meeting and subsequent marriage to her husband.
When asked about their initial encounter on Valentine’s Day with her husband, she recounted, “So clichéd. He was out with his friends for a singles night, and I was out with my friends and it just struck me. I asked Manish Malhotra, ‘Who is the guy sitting out there?’ Manish said, ‘How do you not know him? You are in the same industry.’ He had distributed ‘Patthar Ke Phool,’ can you imagine? He did my first film, and he said, ‘I saw you at the premiere.’ I was there at the premiere. How did I never meet you?’ I said, You wasted time.”
She continued, “No, actually, not then. We eventually met 2 years later. At that time, I actually saw him, but nothing really happened. I asked Manish, ‘Who is he?’ He said he is dating someone in London. So, he was dating someone; he was already divorced, and I was out of a broken relationship. He was already dating someone, and then we met 2 years after that. That too, we met for another film, ‘Stumped,’ and that’s when we started talking. Then it was a complete fast forward, two months of dating, and then we got engaged. Actually, I met him on the 4th of August 2003.”
Regarding their past relationships, Raveena disclosed, “We both knew about each other by then, so there was never ‘you tell me, no, you tell me.’ Anil is a man of very few words; he prefers not to discuss things, probably very personal to him and his past. He didn’t want to pry, and neither did I. We never had that ‘you tell me what happened, no, you tell me.’ We don’t discuss with each other; we are very confident with each other, how do I say it, the faith and the trust we share.”
Shifting gears, on the professional front, she was part of the immensely successful ‘KGF 2’ and is set to appear in ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ directed by Ahmed Khan, a star-studded movie slated for release this year.
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