Daughter of Bombay film industry (Bollywood) director Ravi Tandon. Raveenadropped out of Bombay's Meethibai College to pursue a career as a model withmiddling success. She made her movie debut with the flop _Pathar Ke Phool(1991)_ . Her next few films were also failures and it was only with Andaz ApnaApna (1994) that she tasted success. Mohra (1994) made her a superstar all setto become Bollywood's reigning actress. However she then began a tangled affairwith co-star Akshay Kumar. All her films flopped and her arch-rival KarismaKapoor had her fired from some top films. By the end of 1995 her career was intatters and she was reduced to the level of a starlet doing bit roles. Hercareer revived with a huge hit Ziddi (1997) and she now is again a top rungstar.