‘Called Yami Gautam after watching Dhurandhar’: Raveena Tandon on ‘genius’ Aditya Dhar, how she once had Ranveer Singh removed from her set

“They completely brought back the 70s era of again with a hero looking like a hero in a film,” she said. For her, it’s not just about how things look on screen, it’s about how the audience feel watching it.

“That gratification for the audience to feel like yes they took revenge like this, or that satisfaction of seeing a hero being a hero, a heroine being a heroine,” she explained.

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Things got funny when Raveena brought up Dhurandhar star Ranveer Singh, who’s talked many times about being her fan since childhood. Raveena recalled how she had Ranveer removed from the set.
“He was a 10 or 11 years old and we were doing a sensual song. I noticed he was staring and I was like listen you can’t keep kids in here while we are doing this song. Why corrupt the child? But then I should have known – Ranveer Singh, he doesn’t need any kind,” she remembered.

Raveena had nothing but good things to say about Dhurandhar and it’s cast. “First of all I feel that Aditya is a genius. Ranveer is mind blowing, no word for him in that film, he is beyond,” she said, struggling to find the right words to describe how good the actor was.

“Everybody in that film – Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sara Arjun were so brilliant” she said. Raveena said she was happy to see veteran actors Rakesh Bedi and Gaurav Gera getting meaty roles.

“It was so good to see them do such great amazing performances,” she said about the supporting cast.

She gave credit to Aditya Dhar’s direction for pulling it all together. “This is also the director, the kind of presentation he gives you,” she noted.