Raveena Tandon Recounts Three-Day, 12-Hour ‘Tip Tip Barsa Paani’ Shoot in Freezing Water

Raveena Tandon has recounted one of the toughest shoots of her career, the ‘Tip Tip Barsa Paani’ number from Mohra, filmed over three days with 12 hours in the water each day. “We were soaking wet and shivering,” she recalled.

Outlets from The Times of India to OrissaPOST carried her account this week, and their reports line up closely. The shoot lasted three days. The water was freezing — described in different write-ups as icy, very cold and even freezing rainwater. She spent the schedule alongside Akshay Kumar, drenched and cold through 12-hour stretches, yet the song that emerged is remembered as a classic rather than a production horror story. What is new is the detail now attached to it, the difficult conditions behind the iconic Mohra number, as one outlet put it.

The Times of India’s version, syndicated on MSN, put it in similarly plain terms, noting the three days and the long hours in very cold water with Akshay Kumar. Whatever the phrasing, the core account does not change.

Three days, 12 hours a day, in freezing water

The numbers do the talking: three days, twelve hours at a stretch, roughly 36 hours of water work across the schedule. For instance, Tandon’s own rendering of it is physical — soaking wet, shivering, in long hours of very cold water.

What makes the story stick is the gap between what the camera caught and what the set felt like. The finished number is gloss and rain-lit chemistry. The making of it, in her telling, was endurance.

Prokerala and Lokmat Times framed it the same way, with 12 hours in icy water, Tandon soaking wet and shivering, the difficulty of the shoot front and centre rather than a footnote. Independent headlines repeated the 12-hour figure, and one added that the water itself was freezing rainwater. The consistency across these independently filed accounts is itself the story.

The Akshay Kumar reunion after 22 years

Old Mohra chemistry is newly relevant. Kumar and Tandon reunite on screen after 22 years in Welcome To The Jungle, and their last pairing was two decades back. Director Ahmed Khan told CNN-News18 there was no awkwardness between them on set. The pair were friendly, joked about their kids, and the phrase he reached for was simple. Everybody moves on.

The reunion lands just as Tandon’s behind-the-scenes memories of their shared past circulate again, giving the pairing fresh publicity ahead of the film.

Mother at 21, grandmother at 46

Tandon’s family timeline has drawn attention in step with the song stories. The Indian Express, in a birthday look back at her life, revisited her decision to adopt her cousin’s daughters Pooja and Chaya when she was 21. The coverage traced the media speculation she faced and the questions raised at the time, who’ll marry her, people said, alongside the bond she built with the daughters she raised.

More recently, attention has turned to Tandon becoming a grandmother at 46, a milestone noted again in the round-up coverage her family history continues to draw. The Indulgexpress noted the milestone came into focus again following recent coverage of her family.

The DIY glow at 54

There is a skincare strand to the week’s Raveena Tandon coverage as well. At 54, she credits ubtan, a traditional herbal paste used for skincare, with her glow, and the ingredients she names are pantry staples: whole wheat flour, fresh cream and turmeric. Her claim is plain. Natural moisturisers used for generations, she said, are the best for the skin. NDTV described the recipe as the DIY skincare secret behind her glow.

Her calendar, meanwhile, stayed busy. She celebrated Lohri this year with friends, Bhagyashree among them, and News18 gave fans a glimpse of the celebrations. The festival fell on January 13 and is generally celebrated in northern India with much enthusiasm.