<p>Actress Raveena Tandon says she has now reached a stage in her career where she can be choosy about work as she does not crave to be in the limelight.<br /><br />"Films are not my life. They are part of my life. I have children, husband, home, parents, shows and endorsements. I have a lot of things to do. I am not dying to work in films. I would've signed all the films which came my way if I wanted to see my name every Friday. I am not interested in that," Raveena told PTI.<br /><br />The National award winning-actress, who is currently gearing up for the release of "Maatr", insists that she wants to play roles that challenge her.<br /><br />"I am enjoying the work I am doing now and the mental space I am in right now. I am very content with myself and am not trying to chase anything. Being in my 40s, I think it's a great time for me. I've seen life, matured over the years," she says.<br /><br />Directed by Ashtar Sayed, the revenge thriller is a story of a mother fighting to get justice for her daughter, who is raped.<br /><br />"I can feel the pain of this person that I am playing in the film. Life is the best teacher you can get," she says.<br /><br />Raveena says the film tackles a realistic subject without bowing down to commercial pressure.<br /><br />"I am strictly against something like that (referring to item numbers). I've done films where the script was excellent but the end result was entirely different, because the makers added a lot of commercial elements in it like item numbers, which spoiled the films.<br /><br />"This film has been shot realistically and the sensitivity has been retained. I don't know commercially how well we are going to do. But if the message goes through and people stand up and take note of what's happening, we will succeed," she says.<br /><br />"Maatr" is scheduled to release on April 21. <br /></p>
<p>Actress Raveena Tandon says she has now reached a stage in her career where she can be choosy about work as she does not crave to be in the limelight.<br /><br />"Films are not my life. They are part of my life. I have children, husband, home, parents, shows and endorsements. I have a lot of things to do. I am not dying to work in films. I would've signed all the films which came my way if I wanted to see my name every Friday. I am not interested in that," Raveena told PTI.<br /><br />The National award winning-actress, who is currently gearing up for the release of "Maatr", insists that she wants to play roles that challenge her.<br /><br />"I am enjoying the work I am doing now and the mental space I am in right now. I am very content with myself and am not trying to chase anything. Being in my 40s, I think it's a great time for me. I've seen life, matured over the years," she says.<br /><br />Directed by Ashtar Sayed, the revenge thriller is a story of a mother fighting to get justice for her daughter, who is raped.<br /><br />"I can feel the pain of this person that I am playing in the film. Life is the best teacher you can get," she says.<br /><br />Raveena says the film tackles a realistic subject without bowing down to commercial pressure.<br /><br />"I am strictly against something like that (referring to item numbers). I've done films where the script was excellent but the end result was entirely different, because the makers added a lot of commercial elements in it like item numbers, which spoiled the films.<br /><br />"This film has been shot realistically and the sensitivity has been retained. I don't know commercially how well we are going to do. But if the message goes through and people stand up and take note of what's happening, we will succeed," she says.<br /><br />"Maatr" is scheduled to release on April 21. <br /></p>