Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress, producer, and a former model. She has Received 1 National film award and 2 filmfare awards. She attained popularity for her female centric roles .She has worked in many Bollywood films, though she has appeared in few movies of Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada cinemas. Tandon made her acting debut opposite Salman Khan in Patthar Ke Phool (1991), and won a Filmfare ...Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress, producer, and a former model. She has Received 1 National film award and 2 filmfare awards. She attained popularity for her female centric roles .She has worked in many Bollywood films, though she has appeared in few movies of Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada cinemas. Tandon made her acting debut opposite Salman Khan in Patthar Ke Phool (1991), and won a Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year for her performance in the film. During the 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Dilwale (1994), Mohra (1994), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and Ziddi (1997), among others. Despite attaining popularity, her main successful period evolved in the early 2000s (decade), when she ventured into more serious roles and turned towards arthouse and parallel cinema. She got high critical acclaim for her performances in films like Aks (2001), Satta (2003), Shool (1999), and Sandhya (2002). She was at the peak of her career in 2002, when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kalpana Lajmi's Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001). She had established herself as a leading actress of Bollywood. She was a commercial successful actress of her time . She Rose to prominence in early 2000s. She was praised by many critics for her acting skills. Apart from acting she has also involved with many social organizations. In 2012 she appeared as a host on the TV show Isi Ka Naam Zindagi. She will be next seen in the thriller movie "Maatr" . Tandon attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu and studied at Mithibai College. She completed her first and second years at the college. During her time as an intern, she got her first film offer from Shantanu Sheorey which she accepted. She dropped out of college and decided to pursue her film career. Her father was a producer and directed some films in the 1970s and 1980s. She has a brother named Rajeev Tandon, who had a brief career in Bollywood films. Her cousin, Kiran Rathod, is also an Indian actress. Her first cousin, Manjari Makijany is a writer and director of Hindi films and American films. Her other cousin Reshma Singh, acted in television serials. A third cousin, Vishal Singh, is an actor for television serials. Raveena Tandon debuted with the film Patthar Ke Phool (1991) which was a hit; she received the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year for her performance. Her next films Mohra (1994) and Dilwale (1994) were big hits at the box. Laadla (1994) earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Mohra was the second biggest hit of 1994. Her other releases of that year included the thriller Imtihaan and the 1994 cult-classic comedy Andaz Apna Apna with Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The former was also a hit. She had to wait for one year to get her film Patthar Ke Phool released though her first movie Anjaane (1991 and 1994) was shelved twice due to contract conflicts between Ultra videos and Moser baer. In 1995, she starred with Shahrukh Khan for the first time in Zamaana Deewana; the film failed to do well. Her next few films also failed to do well at the box office and her career saw a drop in her success as she apparently did not show any interest in doing more movies following her engagement with actor Akshay Kumar. She stopped working during this period due to personal problems and rejected many lucrative big budgeted movie offers that later went on to be blockbusters. Her career was back on track with hit films like Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and Ziddi (1997), both being big hits each of its respective year. In 1997, she was to play her first villainous role in Dus but the film was shelved after the director's death when 40% of the film's shooting had been completed. She was also offered the 2nd lead in blockbuster movies Dil to Pagal Hai(1997) and Gupt (1997), but declined both movies as she had taken a sabbatical at the time. She also left another superhit, the Anil Kapoor-starrer Virasat (1997). Had she done all these movies she would have been the most successful actress of that time. In 1998, Tandon had eight releases. Her last release of that year, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda turned out to the second biggest hit of the year. Tandon was offered the second lead in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which went on to be the biggest hit of 1998, but she turned it down. Her other releases of that year were Gharwali Baharwali which gained a below average status, Vinashak, Pardesi Babu and Aunty No. 1, all of which were unsuccessful. In 1999, Tandon starred opposite Upendra in his self-titled Kannada psychological thriller film, Upendra.