Raveena Tandon's photos with her grandson go viral

Before Raveena Tandon tied the knot with Anil Thadani, she adopted two girls named Chhaya and Pooja back in 1995. Both of them are now grown ups and Chhaya is even blessed with a son, Rudra Mendes. On Rudra's 4th birthday, the actress took to her Instagram handle and posted a series of unseen pictures with him. Along with the photos, she also shared a sweet birthday note for her grandson, which is going viral. 

3 things you need to know

• Raveena Tandon was just 21 when she adopted Pooja and Chhaya.
• Pooja and Chhaya were 11 and 8 years old, respectively.
• Raveena Tandon and Anil Thadani tied the knot on February 22, 2004.

Raveena Tandon's birthday wish for grandson

Raveena Tandon, 48, penned a heartfelt note for her grandson Rudra and dropped some throwback photos on the occasion of his birthday. She wrote in the caption, "Happy Birthday my dear Baby’s baby… @rudramendes ! my dear Rudra , wishing you a happy happy 4 th ! May Mahadev always light up your path with love and happiness, glory and success… ♥️! आयुष्मान भव" ll सुखीभव Il love .. Glam ma." The KGF 2 actress also shared some endearing photos of herself cradling Rudra in her arms. She further added photos of herself with her daughter Chhaya Malaney, presumably from a vacation. 

(Raveena Tandon drops a photo from the time Rudra was born | Image: Raveena Tandon/Instagram)

(Raveena Tandon shares an unseen picture with grandson Rudra | Image: Raveena Tandon/Instagram)

(Raveena Tandon, Chhaya and Rudra pose for the cameras from a vacation | Image: Raveena Tandon/Instagram)

(Raveena Tandon shares a picture of herself holding her grandson Rudra when he was a baby | Image: Raveena Tandon/Instagram)

Raveena Tandon shares why she hid the adoption of her kids

Raveena, who kept the adoption news secret for a while, opened up in an interview with RJ Siddharth Kannan and revealed why she never talked about adoption of her daughters. She shared that she feared how the media would react to the news. The actress thought she would be accused of having daughters outside of wedlock. 

She said, "Initially, it was that era of tabloidism and yellow dirty journalism. There were these hardcore writers who were just writing nasty stuff and headlines were nasty. In those days, a scandal could be created out of anything. When I did adopt the girls, initially, I did not talk about them at all, till they passed their 10th standard and after that, they started hanging out with me on my shoots. Then, everyone started asking, 'Who are these girls?' And I would start telling them this is how it is."