{"id":539771,"date":"2026-06-17T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/539771\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:33:13","slug":"raveena-tandon-recalls-being-called-little-mix-jinx-before-mohra-with-akshay-kumar-happened-and-gulshan-rai-called-her-a-lucky-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/539771\/","title":{"rendered":"Raveena Tandon recalls being called ‘Little Mix Jinx’ before ‘Mohra’ with Akshay Kumar happened and Gulshan Rai called her a ‘lucky mascot’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Raveena Raveena Tandon<\/a> made her debut with ‘Patthar Ke Phool’ opposite Salman Khan<\/a> in 1991, but the years that followed were marked by a string of underperforming films. At that point, the actress was called \u2018Little Miss Jinx Raveena.\u201d In a recent interview, Raveena spoke about her journey and said how that changed and she became one of the top actresses of the 90s. The actress revealed that it was \u2018Mohra\u2019 which changed things for her. She said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, \u201cThe media was very, very cruel. They called me \u2018Little Miss Jinx Raveena\u2019.\u201d Despite the criticism, the actor never believed that the success or failure of a film rested on a single individual. \u201cYou give your 100 per cent. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s not one person\u2019s fault,\u201d she said.Everything changed after the release of ‘Mohra’ in 1994. Raveena remembered how producer Gulshan Rai publicly described her as a \u201clucky mascot,\u201d triggering a dramatic shift in the industry’s attitude towards her. \u201cSuddenly I was lucky,\u201d she said. \u201cProducers would say, \u2018Just give us one shot in the film\u2019.\u201dDiscussing the nature of female roles during the 1990s, Raveena explained that actresses were expected to prioritise glamour above all else. \u201cYou had to be glamorous. Even when you cried, you had to look pretty.\u201dShe revealed that she often admired performers like Aruna Irani<\/a>, Kirron Kher and Reema Lagoo because their characters offered greater complexity. \u201cThey got to play grey,\u201d she said.According to Raveena, her image as an actor underwent a significant transformation after ‘Shool’ released in 1999. \u201cIt changed the perception,\u201d she said, noting that the film helped audiences and filmmakers look beyond her glamorous screen persona.The actor also challenged the notion that the Hindi film industry was warmer or more connected in earlier decades. \u201cIt\u2019s not corporatisation. It\u2019s technology,\u201d she said.Recalling the pre-vanity van era, Raveena said film sets naturally encouraged stronger bonds because actors and technicians spent most of their time together. \u201cWe had no choice but to sit together. We\u2019d be in jungles, deserts\u2026 just chairs and tents. Now, the minute the shot is over, everyone goes to their van. Someone\u2019s on Instagram, someone\u2019s watching something.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raveena Tandon made her debut with ‘Patthar Ke Phool’ opposite Salman Khan in 1991, but the years that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[6963,157484,16014,18,117,231770,231771,19,17,20446,231769,127539,327,54229,3325],"class_list":["post-539771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-akshay-kumar","tag-aruna-irani","tag-bollywood-actress","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-female-roles-in-90s-films","tag-gulshan-rai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kirron-kher","tag-lucky-mascot","tag-mohra","tag-movies","tag-raveena-tandon","tag-salman-khan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116765236788896474","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}