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I see the pressure on the younger actors to do airport looks. As you grow older, you really don’t care-Raveena Tandon
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In an exclusive shoot with Showstoppers, actor Raveena Tandon talks experimenting with fashion and her favourite onscreen looks
Rishabh Suri (HINDUSTAN TIMES; April 16, 2024)
Who can forget when actor Raveena Tandon redefined sexiness in the yellow saree she sported in Tip Tip BarsaPaani (Mohra, 1994)?Or the crop tops and baggy jeans that became her signature in the ’90s? A trendsetter in the truest sense, the actor has always taken risks with her fashion choices.
Ask whether she has ever felt the pressure to live up to her glamorous onscreen image or prove her versatility through her roles and she quips, “Honestly not. I still do my own thing. It’s just that I like to experiment with different things. For the song Dil Mein Hai Tu featuring Akshay (Kumar) and me in Daava (1997), I went shopping with the choreographer to the Goa flea market and picked up the accessories myself. We created looks for the both of us on the set with those things.”
Are actors as willing to go the extra mile today? “A few adventurous stylists will be on board if you give them the idea. It also depends on what the actor wants. There is no need to spend crores to create mind-blowing looks,” insists Tandon.
The actor’s films, like her sartorial choices, have been as varied as they get. The 49-year-old has also had her share of critics. How did she keep them from affecting her choices back in the day? “Luckily, there was no fashion police as such in those days,” she says and adds, “We would walk out with a ponytail and track pants and not bother. Today, you have to be dressed to the nines. I see the pressure on the younger actors to do airport looks. As you grow older, you really don’t care. But it doesn’t mean you go out looking like a sloth!”
Tandon says she learnt this along the way. “I used to be experimental — that has not changed. But I have grown up enough to know what I should or should not be doing,” the actor shares, continuing, “It takes a couple of disasters when you are young to become more realistic about yourself,” she ends.
In a very busy phase of her career, Tandon is getting rave reviews for her latest OTT film Patna Shuklla, where she plays a lawyer. On the other hand, she wooed audiences when she played an ultra-glam ’90s heroine in the web series Karmma Calling, where her wardrobe choices were a hot topic of discussion.
Your favourite looks?
The looks I created for the song Sheher Ki Ladki (from 2019’s Khandaani Shafakhana). Then there was a song called Dooba Dooba in a film called Vinashak (1998). I wore an all-metal outfit that Manish (Malhotra) made that me. I would get bruised because the metal scratched my skin while dancing. Saroj ji (Khan, choreographer) created a hectic dance number!
A ‘90s fashion trend which you wish would come back?
Rasha (daughter) and I were watching Mohra (1994) recently, and I realized that those crop tops, baggy and straight cut jeans are back. Rasha was like ‘Gosh, you wore things like these then!’ Those looks are very now. Except for the permed hair, it would be very fun.
Outfits you’re most comfortable in?
I love dressing up in traditional wear like sarees or ghagra cholis, or just churidar kurtas. I am most comfortable in those.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR LOOKS FANS SAY THEY LIKE TO COPY?
A lot of ‘90s kids who meet me say they dressed up as me from Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast for fancy dress competitions. Everyone talks about my hoops and the stockings I wore under my skirt in Pathhar Ke Phool (1991). I am very grateful for these compliments.
Crack vs Shah Rukh Khan-Imtiaz Ali film clash: An analysis
10:48 AM
Box Office India Trade Network
The RUSTOM vs MOHENJO DARO clash has just happened and another big clash is waiting to happen next year. The Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer (untitled) directed by Imtiaz Ali is scheduled for an August 11th 2017 release date and an Akshay Kumar starrer CRACK seems to be announced for an Independence Day 2017 release. This date falls on a Tuesday so it may not be clash in the truest sense but the dates are the same vicinity and the screens issue will be there if this was to happen and they release four days apart. It could be that CRACK is actually 11th August and the poster is not portraying the actual date. This year saw the Akshay Kumar starrer easily get the better of the Hrithik Roshan starrer MOHENJO DARO but to take on a Shah Rukh Khan starrer is a different ball game.
Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar have clashed twice before with DAAVA vs YES BOSS in 1997 and DON vs JAAN E MANN in 2006 with Shah Rukh Khan coming out on top both times. The last time that Shah Rukh Khan actually lost a clash was 2001 with ASOKA vs INDIAN and in those days Sunny Deol, the lead of INDIAN, had a huge initial pull. There was the DILWALE vs BAJIRAO MASTANI clash at the end of last year where the Shah Rukh Khan starrer DILWALE did less business in India but here the defeat was not Shah Rukh Khan's but of the film as far as domestic business was concerned. The clout of the star ensured a far bigger opening in India and Worldwide it was still a bigger grosser despite the film not being liked as to BAJIRAO MASTANI which was said to be hugely appreciated.
The Shah Rukh Khan starrer is an Overseas musical love story on a big canvas. So if CRACK was a potential action blockbuster a la ROWDY RATHORE this clash could have been a real battle but it seems a Neeraj Pandey film from the poster who has made films like SPECIAL 26 and BABY which did not find appreciation at the box office with 65 crore and 82 crore respectively and also found no appreciation on television being among the worst Akshay Kumar performers. They were targeted at the multiplex audience and so it will probably be the same again but it would be tough to survive on just multiplexes if it comes up against the Shah Rukh Khan film.
Though it has to be noted that the last two Shah Rukh Khan starrers Dilwale and Fan have also not done well at 140 crore nett and 84 crore nett respectively. But these are still way ahead of BABY and SPECIAL 26. In fact DILWALE is ahead of all Akshay Kumar starrers including ROWDY RATHORE in raw numbers though obviously not inflation adjusted figures. The Shah rukh Khan starrer has just gone on the floors a few weeks back while the Akshay Kumar starrer CRACK is yet to start shooting.
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