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Go play!

Raveena Tandon

Raveena is now associated with Nickelodeon’s “Let’s Just Play” movement to spread the message of ‘active play’ among children. The channel will go blank for 30 minutes on November 7, encouraging children to go out and play. There will a 10-hour play-a-thon on the same day in some cities comprising inter-school sports events, high energy games, and movement therapy and dance workshops.

“It is an excellent initiative and it is something close to my heart ever since my kids were born,” says the actor. Recalling her childhood days, she says: “We’d be out all the time playing games.” Raveena feels new age children are missing out on the joys of playing such games.

A sedentary lifestyle makes them obese and they also battle other lifestyle-related health problems. “Children should go outdoors. It ensures a holistic development of the child.” Raveena makes sure that her children go for long walks on the beach whenever they visit her parents in Juhu. “I also pack their cycles when they go to my mom’s house. In the evenings, they enjoy cycling around the place. I take my kids swimming too.”

On the career front, she is working in Ap Ke Liye Hum. “I play a lawyer in the movie, which also stars Jaya Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Ayesha Takia. I want to focus on women-centric roles that suit my personality,” she signs off.

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