2011 has started off great: Raveena

The year has started off on a ���������goodnote��������� for Raveena Tandon Thadani. As she puts it, ���������First, the BestActress award for Raja Sen���������s ���������Laboratory���������, in Kolkata and thenext day, I fly to Delhi to receive the Achiever���������s Award for my girl childrelated contribution. So, touchwood, 2011 has started offgreat.���������And great is how the actor is feeling to have won theBest Actress award in Kolkata. ���������I feel fantastic, more so, because I gotit for a film, which isn���������t in my language and also from an industry that Idon���������t belong to. I���������m grateful to Tollywood for having bestowed thisaward on me. Now, I really feel that Kolkata is my second home,��������� stressesRaveena. Incidentally, ���������Laboratory��������� won rave reviewsinternationally but seemingly failed to garner similar responses in the city.Ask the actor if, on hindsight, she might have analyzed the reasona behind sucha lukewarm response and she explains, ���������I never found the time to watch thefinal product. So, I���������ve no idea what happened to it. In fact, the onlytime that I managed to see it was during dubbing as I insisted on dubbing my ownlines. I intend to watch it sometime soon.���������The actor also goeson to add, ���������Strangely, I���������ve had some fantastic feedback when thefilm was screened internationally. But I guess, it���������s fine even if it hasnot scored well with the masses. After all, this wasn���������t a typicalcommercial venture with a song-and-dance routine. Come to think of it, a filmlike ���������Daman��������� wasn���������t well-accepted though I won a NationalAward for the same, whereas, I missed out on the same in ���������Satta���������, afilm that clicked enormously well with the masses. There���������s no formula topredict as to what will work with the audience.���������Butpredictions apart, Raveena does know for sure that social causes is somethingshe is passionate about. ���������When you are appreciated and awarded for yoursocial work, you know that it���������s not only your talent as an actor that isbeing recognized but your endeavours too for working towards a cause. I believe,being a celeb, you should also give back to the society in some form or theother because it has catered to your name and fame,��������� says the actor andadds that silently, yet whole heartedly, she has been working for theenvironment, wildlife and towards a safe motherhood. ���������For a whole year,I���������ll be partnering UNICEF in an effort to working towards safemotherhood,��������� Raveena reveals.Social cause apart, the actor hasalso been roped in for a reality show. ���������I���������ll be judging a comedyshow. Comedy is something that I have enjoyed doing. And I guess, I am the onlyfemale judge-cum-team leader on this show. Comedy has been a mostly a maledomain. So in a way, I intend to be a torchbearer there,��������� Raveena says,tongue firmly in cheek. ���������I don���������t think over exploitation works thesedays. I have done four reality shows so far. Last year, I was doing���������Boudimoni��������� and hence, didn���������t take up any more offers. I stillgo by the logic of finishing one thing before going on to the next. Even thethree new films that I have signed, will start post-April or May,��������� shesays, hinting that when it comes to work, she���������s verychoosy.For this yummy mummy, her kids are her world. ���������Idon���������t want to rush from one studio to another and suddenly realize thatthey are all grown up. My kids are too small and I want to spend as much time asI can with them. I had left them for two days and I was missing themterribly,��������� Raveena confides as a parting note.Follow us on Twitter for more stories