Ravina Tandon-Tandani is an Indian actress, TV presenter, producer and fashion model. Winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Debut and nominated for many of the prestigious Bollywood Film Awards.
Ravina's creative biography includes more than eighty film roles. She began her cinematic career in 1991 with the film "Stone Flowers". She was awarded the prestigious Filmfare Award for her debut role.
In the early 2000s, Tandon took up production, having released several films on screens.
Biography facts
The girl was born in the fall of 1974 in India. Her father is renowned actor and director Ravi Tandon. Ravina has a younger brother, Rajiv, who also chose the acting profession. He has starred in a number of Indian films under the name Raaj. The parents named the girl Ravina, combining their names: Ravi and Vina. Her name is translated as the Sun.
Famous people from the world of cinema often gathered in the house. The girl grew up in a creative atmosphere and from childhood she talked a lot with Bollywood stars. Together with his brother, they attended film premieres, regularly attended events and parties organized by representatives of the film industry.
In her childhood, Ravina was a rather shy girl. It seemed to her that she was ugly and very fat. At the age of eight, Ravina fell in love with her brother's friend. He paid no attention to her, and sometimes laughed at her, calling her fat. Then the girl firmly decided to lose weight in order to win the favor of her chosen one.
And she really succeeded. The boy with whom she was in love left the city for several years to study. When he returned, he was literally amazed at the changes that happened to the girl. Soon he asked her out on a date. Over the years, she has grown, lost weight and became a real beauty.
Ravina studied at the prestigious Jamnabai Narsee School, then continued her education at Bombay's Meethibai College.
Creative career
After graduating from college, Ravina worked in the advertising department of the agency GENESIS. Once the director of the agency invited her to try herself as a model. Rabina agreed. Soon she began to participate in her first photo shoots and star in commercials. Later she entered into an agreement with the modeling agency Shantanu Shoraya and worked in the modeling business for several years.
While working at the agency, Ravina began to receive invitations to shoot from famous directors. At first, she refused to work in the cinema, but in 1991, on the advice of family and friends, she nevertheless signed a contract with the film company to shoot in the film "Stone Flowers".
The plot of the film was rather traditional. The daughter of a gangster named Kiran falls in love with the son of a police officer, Suraj. The father, having learned about his daughter's love, decides to leave the world of crime, but his entourage does not want this and is going to separate the young people, to deal with Suraj's relatives. The young man has no choice but to start the fight against the mafia.
The film debut was very successful. Ravina instantly became a recognizable actress and received a worthy Indian Filmfare Award.
The film became a real hit. Fans started dressing like their favorite heroine, wearing the same hairstyles and jewelry. Replicas of the huge earrings in which the actress starred were sold in stores called Ravina's Rings.
From that moment on, Tandon's Bollywood career began to skyrocket.
Ravina starred in four more films with actor Salman Khan, who played along with her in the film "Stone Flowers". But her main partner in many films was the famous actor and producer Govinda.
Personal life
Ravina's personal life was not very successful at first. She fell in love with actor Akshay Kumar. The romantic relationship lasted two years, but it never came to marriage. During this time, Ravina practically did not appear in new films, completely devoting her life to her chosen one.
She managed to regain popularity only in the early 2000s after playing a role in the film "The Fate of a Woman".
Tandon has two girls whom she adopted in 1995 without being married. Now they are already adults and also act in films.
In 2004, Ravina married Anil Tadani. The couple had two children. The son was named Ranbirwardkhan, and the daughter was named Rasha.
