Raveena Tandon, who recently became a Padma Shri recipient, opened up about being approached for AR Rahman's song, 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Dil Se'. However, the actress chose not to take up the offer. It eventually went to Malaika Arora.
Talking about the same, Raveena told a news portal that she was offered the song shortly after her 'Rakshak' song ‘Sheher Ki Ladki’ became a hit. According to her, it was very easy to get stereotyped during those days. The actress added that not many people would know that she left a song like ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ because she had just done ‘Sheher Ki Ladki’. After that, she started getting offered only item songs, Raveena told Bollywood Bubble.
Elaborating further, the actress added that it became a norm that if Raveena is there, then there has to be a superhit song. Raveena also added that she is very grateful for them because, to date, people also know her for her superhit songs, She also stated that all of them are getting remixes, they are getting a new life, and it’s all working out very well.
At the International Film Festival Of India in 2019, Farah Khan revealed that they had approached a lot of actors for the song, right from Shilpa Shetty to Raveena Tandon. However, no one did it. She added that Malaika did the song and became a star after that.
