there use to be these entire kabaal's which accumulated their hero's , their girlfriends
and their journalist obsequious
and I think lot of female journalist specially, would do thatso
women use to shock me even then and shocks me now because they stand up and say, Oh, we are feminist
I want to actually turn and tell them all, Really?
that time they never stood up for me only because hero had promised them the next cover
so they would be completely eating out of hero's hand
or it was mostly dominated in monopoly there that was happening in that time
I don't belong to any camp, I didn't any Godfathers promoting me
I didn't have hero's promoting me, I was not sleeping around with hero's for roles
I was not having affairs so
in lot of case I was called arrogant
I know of actresses sister, whom they had written a completely piece about and she took sleeping pills after that
same actress actually used her boyfriend to remove me out of another 3 movies that I was signed for
ask any kid born in the 90's, what film meant to them
and what film actors meant to them
there was no social media but that's why they were emotion
Ranveena Tandon is an emotion to me and to every 90's kid ever
today joining us for conversation is our 'Tip Tip Barsa Paani Gir;'
only on PINKVILLA, What's up
How have you been?
I'm good, how are you. I see you're back home
Yes, you have always been an unapologetic person like you've been brutally honest
today we've people who are brutally honest in industry specially women who are brutally honest in the industry
and in society at large
back then that was not a point, you faced a lot of prejudices because of your out spoken nature
how many times did you lose out on films and lose out on friendship because of that
many a times, I think there use to be these entire Kabaals
which were accumulated were hero's, their girlfriends, and their journalist obsequious and
I think a lot of female journalist specially would do that
women use to shock me even then and shocks me now , because when they stand up and say Oh, now we are feminist
I really want to turn them and say Oh really
they are writing this colums, ultra feminist colums
so it kind of surprises me because that time they never stood up for me
only because the hero had promised them a next cover
so they would be completely eating out of hero's hand or
it was mostly dominated in there was monopoly that was happening in that time
but yes, I may have not lost movies because of my honestly, No
but lot of other heroines I was never an insecure person because
this was not my be all end all
I was very okay with if I didn;t make it in movies I will go back to doing what I was doing
it would be pre production, post production it could be whatever
because it was not something that I was living, breathing, eating movies, NO,I wasn't
it was a part of my life, it was not my whole life
so I never played cut road politics, I never
clod on people's back to climb up that ladder, No, I never did
that I never stepped on people's toe either
whatever use to come to me it was, I never belong to any camp, I didn't have any Godfathers
promoting me, I didn't have hero's promoting me
I was not sleeping around with hero's for roles, I was not having affairs so
in lot of cases I was called arrogant
because I was probably not pendering to laughing when the hero wanted me to laugh
or sitting when they wanted me to sit, I was doing my own thing
so I was called arrogant also many a times
and surprisingly female journalist use to support that
support another women bring down, who would just wanted to live on her own term
and that's exactly how I wanted to be I wanted to do things on my own terms
and with my rules, and my regulations
what I had said for myself
what my morals would allow me to do
and what I could do in a right manner
so it was a very very difficult time
but fortunately for I still work with the biggest directors
films that were coming up and I carved a niche for myself and I did it my way
I know personally the things that you've faced
at any point did that lead you to lose hope
was there any self doubt
so there were times yes where I use to cry myself to sleep
and wonder why
I think my hurt mainly use to be
with the media and misrepresentation of things that use to be
they would always prefer to believe the hero's virgin
like I said he promised them the next cover
who ever it would be but the thing was
and they had these groups, they had these camps
I know lot of actresses who were best friends with media
and I really don't know how to play those games and I never did
who ever my friends who were journalist, for example if you
we have stuck up a repo but it's not that I've send you gifts ot send you present
or send you stuff to say good things about me, we connect to as human to human
as human being, we understand each other so that's what it is \
but I didn't know how to do all that send gifts, send cakes, and flowers
stuff to journalist to get into covers and all I never played those games
and what use to hurt is the fact that I came from normal school
I had an acoid college, I had best friends boys till date
some of my school friends are still my best friends who are guys and
I was brought up in that atmosphere, I was brought up equal
and suddenly here I was made to feel a girl who can;t even say hello to a colleague or
jump into the car and eat probably the lunch, grab a bite from colleagues plate and run
because he happened to be a male and next thing you knew is
they are having an affair, or they doing this
I would be but is't it normal , and I use to actually ask the journalist
who use to come with their female colleagues on the sets and say
you two travelled in an auto ricksaw together right
are you having a thing
so why aren't we allowed be normal
so this was my biggest question in that time
in those days I was quite a rebel and people couldn't handle it
Absolutely
and be aren't we being normal here
so I would think that media is narrow minded
because they would not let the women grow
they expected me to be on sets and do a Namaste Ji and just sit in a corner
No but why I mean I have an opinion and I have a voice too
and the best thing is that you of all people, when things were true even when
there were link up rumors which were true and you've never shy away from admitting it
I didn't and I use to say
I mean in college girls who were dating
5 different guys in a month they dump on guy and go on to the next
over here if I really want to date someone why can I not
why is it Oh wedding bells already before I said Hi Hello How are are you to a person
there will be articles like wedding bells or some crewed up articles
I come from normal household, normally educated I'm not someone
it was bizzare
but they would make sound like as if we coming from real aggressive part of society
that we don't know how to behave in public those are the kind of stories we had to deal with
that was when it use to take my spirits down
because for actors your you might get humiliated in office or your boss might be nasty with you
it's a personal humiliation you keep it to yourself
here actor's humiliations become public
it's the public humiliation that you face
actually in those days of 90's the magazines use to reveal inthis
I don't know what statistic pleasure it use to give them but
but it use to give them pleasure to see a person's downfall
I mean that is what it use to be if you would not cater or not cater to a request from a journalist or something
they would take revenge on you on next piece
it was literally like that there was no social media to back up your claim
or to reveal the truth that now you can
that's where you feel and completely helpless, I was discussing with someone I said were are so many who gave up on those days
I know of actress sister, whom they had written piece of completely rubbish about
and she took sleeping pills after that and she actually wanted to kill herself
and if she had in today's date it would be called suicide
so I was actually asking someone that can I
some point actually sit and sue those people I can name those people
took it upon a personal revenge so
when the others write also I can identify with them and there is an entire Kabaal
that then actually become a group setting out to target you
that is the only point
personally people who know me personally people would come and tell me that
you are not at all like how the magazines write about you, so why do they write such shit about you
personally people would come and tell me that so I think I never lost movies because of that
yes I lost movies because of some politics
but those politics again I believe happen everywhere
that's what I was coming to there were lot of times when I have read
and I have heard you even sometimes without naming
there were lot of times when actors got you re placed
not many people talk about these dark truth that
this is the part of industry even today
there are actors who get other people replaced that has happened to you
yes, that has these thing use to happen
where as I have never ever got removed in my life
I never played politics, I believed in my own work
I never believed to bring another person down
to shine myself , but yes other people have done it
and they have played politics and the same actress told his boyfriend to remove me from another 3 movies that I was signed for
so these thing do happen
and yeah people say forget it forgive it move on
yeah you do move on but these are things that somehow you don't forget
you're scared this will happen to other people these kind of politics and actually it shouldn't be
where had kindness gone, where has good up bringing gone
where has healthy competiveness gone
you compete people with your work, with your hard work
not by playing politics and bringing another person down that ultimately bring you no where
it will always be your talent that will carry you through
and how much ever yes it was tried how much ever it was
but ultimately my sceneirity my hardwork
but thank you for doing this
like I say it's always lovely to talk to you
, call me anytime