Shehar ki Ladki To National Award Winner: 7 Empowering Quotes By Raveena Tandon

Raveena Tandon Quotes: From Shehar ki ladki to Tu Cheez badi hai mast mast Raveena Tandon ruled the silver screen in the 1990s. She is not the one to mince her words and openly expressed about her bitterness about the disloyalty she faced in her personal relationship. She dared to adopt two girls at the age of 21 and went on to act in critically acclaimed films like Daman and Aks, both of which garnered her widespread critical acclaim. And won the National Film Award for Best Actress Daman. She was also part of the timeless comedy Andaz Apna Apna.

Raveena Tandon is married to producer Anil Thadani. The couple has a daughter, Rasha, and a son, Ranbirvardhan. Raveena adopted Pooja and Chhaya in the early 1990s. She is already a grandmother and is celebrating her birthday today. Tandon has also been working with PETA since 2002.

On her birthday we bring you 7 of her empowering quotes.

On Adopting two girls at 21

They said no one would marry me as I came with excess baggage. But I said I come in a package deal: my children, my dogs and me. Take it or leave it.

About Her Parents and Family

I am emotional, honest, and sensitive and a great human being because of my dad. Tough and independent woman because of my mom.

Whenever I have broken down, it has always been within the confines of my family. My parents have stood by me through thick and thin. They have literally held my hands when I was trembling and almost had a nervous breakdown,

On Increasing Crimes against women

Crimes against women are growing day by day. Despite this, the mindset of our leaders, politicians, or judicial system is not changing.

On Marriage

Marriage should never become an adjustment or a compromise. Both the partners should be equally happy and willing to invest their love, care, and respect in the relationship - only then it works.

There is a right time for everything. There was a time when I wanted to settle down and have a family. I wanted to give time to my kids. I had worked for nearly 19 years when I got married.

On Caring for the Environment

On a better note, cars, fuel emissions, factory waste, garbage choked rivers, plastic waste, R all our problems! Everythings counted, slowly we are destroying this planet, let’s be aware and in our own ways try to recycle, reserve.

Raveena Tandon with daughter Rasha

To Parents Who Want To Adopt

If you’re thinking of adopting a child, don’t start with apprehensions. Don’t have negative thoughts. Be sure of your own self, be sure that you can do justice. When you get your child, you will be swamped by natural parental feelings because blood is not thicker than water. If you’re strong, brave, compassionate and have it in you to love a child, then you’ll love that adopted child through everything, even tantrums. You don’t deserve to adopt if you have apprehensions.