Before marrying film distributor and producer Anil Thadani, a lot was written about Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar’s relationship. 

The actress herself revealed about her engagement with Akshay and how she had caught him 'red-handed' with Rekha and Sushmita Sen. 

However, this wasn’t the only time Raveena's love life made headlines. 

In 2002, there were strong rumours that she was in a relationship with Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid, who was an eligible bachelor back then. In fact, there were also rumours that she might marry him. 

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When Raveena was asked about her link-up rumour with Rahul Dravid, she not only denied dating the cricketer but also went on to say that she doesn’t even know him personally. 

She told Filmfare, “For God's sake, he is not even an acquaintance. I would have understood had he been a friend or something. Poor fellow, I don't have anything against him, but it's very upsetting. At the moment I am focusing on my work only.” 

When asked if she has ever met Dravid, Raveena responded in affirmative but added she has male friends in Bollywood and he isn’t one, “I have met him at functions and there was, as usual, a polite exchange of pleasantries. And I go out with friends quite often. He must have been a part of it. I haven't met him, alone, simply because I don't know him so well. I have male friends like Govinda, Suniel Shetty, and Salman Khan. He doesn't figure anywhere.” 

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When the actress was further asked about the reason behind the rumours of her link-up with Rahul Dravid of all people, she replied, “I don't know how the whole thing started. Maybe because I am not seeing anybody and he is also an eligible bachelor. People link up when you don't have any remote idea. Recently, I was linked up with Sandeep Chowta (Music Director), for heaven's sake, I don't even know him. The poor fellow called up the next day to apologise. It's ridiculous.” 

Finally, on being asked if meeting Rahul now will be awkward for her, she replied, “To an extent, yes, it spoils relationships, however polite it is. I will try to be normal if at all I meet him, but I don't think I will bump into him. Don't you think it's high time to take control of situations? Yeah, I will do that, but it will take another six to eight months for me to properly get into that frame of mind. To stop all this I need to see somebody. but work is my focus now.” 

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Two years later in 2004, Raveena married Anil Thadani. On the other hand, Rahul Dravid got married to Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur in 2003. 

Dravid is currently the head coach of the Indian Cricket Team.

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