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Actress · Hindi Cinema

Raveena Tandon

Modern1991–present

Raveena Tandon is a Hindi-cinema actress who rose to prominence in the 1990s as a leading lady in a string of commercially successful action and masala films. The daughter of filmmaker Ravi Tandon, she debuted in 1991 with Patthar Ke Phool opposite Salman Khan and became one of the decade's most popular stars through hits like Mohra, Dilwale and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi. In the early 2000s she reinvented herself with acclaimed dramatic roles, most notably in Daman and Aks, earning recognition as a serious actress beyond her glamorous image. She has continued working across films and streaming series, including the 2022 blockbuster KGF: Chapter 2 and the web series Aranyak.

Honours: National Film Award for Best Actress (Daman, 2001); Padma Shri (2023); Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (Patthar Ke Phool) and a Filmfare Special Performance Award (Aks)

Filmography

45 films · compiled from Wikidata

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Her song 'Tip Tip Barsa Paani' from Mohra (1994), filmed in a yellow saree, remains one of Bollywood's most iconic rain sequences.
She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Daman (2001), a marked shift from her earlier glamorous action-heroine roles.
In 1995, while in her early twenties and unmarried, she adopted two daughters, Pooja and Chhaya, as a single mother.
She played Ramika Sen, the steely Prime Minister of India who orders protagonist Rocky's execution, in the Kannada-origin blockbuster KGF: Chapter 2 (2022), one of India's highest-grossing films.
Mother India (1957) was India’s first film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) was the first Indian film shot in CinemaScope widescreen.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honour in cinema, is named after the father of Indian film.

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Filmography

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One Friday Night

K.G.F: Chapter 2

Ghudchadi

The Mother

Shab

Hanuman Da' Damdaar

Bombay Velvet

2000s

Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda

Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap

Sandwich

Pehchaan: The Face of Truth

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke

Aan: Men at Work

Dobara

Ek Se Badhkar Ek

Jaago

Police Force: An Inside Story

LOC Kargil

Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye

Qayamat: City Under Threat

Ek Hindustani

Stumped

Satta

Agni Varsha

Akhiyon Se Goli Maare

Soch

Waah! Tera Kya Kehna

Aks

Aalavandhan

Akasa Veedhilo

Daman

Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye

Anjaane

Bulandi

Khauff

Officer

Ghaath

Jung

The 1990s

Gair

Rajaji

Shool

Upendra

Pardesi Babu

Aunty No. 1

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

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