Raveena Tandon reveals what made her adopt 2 girls at the age of 21

Actress Raveena Tandon broke stereotypes long before it was cool when she adopted two girls in 1995. She was 21 years old and at the top of her Bollywood game when she decided to adopt Pooja and Chhaya, when they were 11 and 8-years-old, respectively.

In a recent interview, she shares what made her take this step. “I didn’t like how their guardian would behave with them and some instinct in me pushed me to take them to my home. There was something about them that made me feel that me being a 21-year-old doesn’t matter. I can say it has been the best decision of my life” Raveena told Pinkvilla.

The two girls are now married with kids of their own. The actress says that the girls still write her letters and she encourages other women, even single moms to come forward and opt for adoption.

Furthermore, Raveena also shares that her decision was met when apprehension and many people threw mean comments at her saying that no one would marry her.

“Back then people were apprehensive on my decision and said no one would want to marry someone with this ‘baggage.’ But as they say, what is destined to be, it will happen. I couldn’t have been more blessed” she says.

Raveena Tandon is married to film distributor Anil Thadani and has two kids together. In March 2005, she gave birth to her daughter Rasha and in July 2008, she gave birth to her son Ranbirvardhan.