Updated On: 30 January, 2023 07:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
As she is honoured with Padma Shri for her 32-year contribution to arts, Raveena recounts how she challenged glam-doll stereotype to front hard-hitting films

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When Raveena Tandon heard that she had been conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award given by the Indian government, her first reaction was not joy. Instead, she double-checked whether the news was true. “After the news sank in, I missed my dad [producer Ravi Tandon]. I felt that he was my guiding angel all through last year, as I won [multiple] awards. I felt overwhelmed and got teary-eyed after I heard I got the Padma Shri,” she begins.
The mood is naturally joyous at home. The actor says that husband Anil Thadani and son Ranbir Vardhan are one-upping each other in their bid to attend the ceremony with her in Delhi. She laughs, “Both are getting their suits ready, and telling one another that the other is not going with me.”