Raveena Tandon says she is ‘still friends’ with Akshay Kumar, reveals she bonded with Shilpa Shetty over ‘experiences’

Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar were engaged briefly in the 1990s, but the couple fell apart and went their separate ways. After moving on many years ago, they appear to now be comfortable talking about each other publicly. Raveena, in a recent interview, shared that she still shares a friendship with Akshay, and called him “one of the strongest pillars” of the film industry. In the same interview, Raveena also spoke about her friendship with Shilpa Shetty. Shilpa and Akshay also dated in the 1990s.

Raveena told ETimes, “Akshay and I are still friends. There’s a journey in everyone’s life. You need to respect it and move on. I think of him very highly. I think he is one of the strongest pillars of our industry.” When asked about her friendship with Shilpa, Raveena said that the two “have become close friends.” She added, “There are things that have bonded us together. There are experiences that have bonded us together. Shamita and Shilpa have been close friends of my hubby Anil Thadani. We keep sharing our good times and bad times together.”

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Earlier this month, Raveena presented Akshay with a style award in Mumbai, and the two also hugged on stage.

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In an earlier interview with ANI, Raveena had opened up about her ‘broken engagement’ with Akshay. She said, “We were a hit pair, during Mohra, and even now, when we bump into each other socially, we all meet, we all chat. Everyone moves on. Girls have been changing their boyfriends every week in colleges, but one engagement that has broken is still stuck to my head, I don’t know why. Everyone moves on, people have divorces, they move on, what’s the big deal?”

Raveena and Akshay worked together in films such as Mohra, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, Barood, among others.