Raveena Tandon opens up on why she kept her daughters' adoption low key back in the 90s

Raveena Tandon, back in the 90s, had adopted two daughters – Pooja and Chaya. The actress was just 21 years old when she took this big decision of being a loving single mother. For the unversed, both her adopted daughters are now married and have kids. Also, the actress recently took to Instagram to wish Chaya on her wedding anniversary.

Raveena recently revealed why she wanted to keep the adoption low key. Raveena shared that she wanted to avoid scandalous stories about adopting the girls and hence preferred not to speak about Pooja and Chaya till the time they finished school.  

Raveena told RJ Sidharth Kanan in an interview,

“When I did adopt the girls, initially, I did not talk about them at all, till they passed their 10th standard and after that, they started hanging out with me on my shoots. Then, everyone started asking, ‘Who are these girls?’

She further continued,

"And I would start telling them this is how it is. You were so scared that even if you say something, what will these people make it out to be? Magazine wale bol denge ki isko secretly baby ho gaya, kiska baby hai (The magazines would say that I secretly had a baby and speculate about the father). It was that era. Itna gandh tha unke minds mein (Their minds were so filthy). To avoid such stories, I just did it very quietly."

In 2004, Raveena went on to marry Anil Thadani. The couple has two kids Rasha and Ranbirvardhan.

On the work front, Raveena Tandon marked her debut on OTT with thriller drama ‘Aranyak’. On the big screen, she will be seen sharing the frame with South superstar Yash and Sanjay Dutt in the much awaited entertainer ‘KGF: Chapter 2’.