2024-06-18 20:18:11
Mona Singh, who began her profession from the small display screen, is at the moment comfortable along with her desired roles in addition to her private life after twenty years of her profession. Navbharat Occasions had a particular dialog along with her:
Mona Singh, who bought married on the age of 39, believes that girls ought to stay their life and study from their errors. Mona, who performed Aamir Khan’s mom in Laal Singh Chaddha, is taking part in the position of Abhay Verma’s mom within the upcoming Munjya. A dialog along with her.
Right this moment, you might be seen in sturdy roles even after crossing forty. You bought married on the age of 39. You have to be pleased with residing your life the way in which you need?
-The reality is that I by no means took the strain of society. My mother and father had been all the time supportive of me. After I was not married, individuals used to always ask me, when are you getting married? However I by no means got here beneath the strain of what’s proper and what’s flawed? I lived my life. I discovered from my errors myself. My challenges, dangers, all the pieces was my very own. Nobody guided me. Speaking about my profession, at the moment not solely OTT but in addition in movies, such a time has come the place ladies aren’t being solid only for fillers, insert dance right here or put this right here so as to add glamour. Now ladies are getting numerous colours to play. They don’t seem to be simply optimistic or unfavorable. For those who watch Made in Havan or Kafas or Kaali Paani, you’ll discover fifty shades in my roles. On this movie too, I’ve a stable character of Bittu’s mom. Now she isn’t just a damsel in misery that somebody will come and save her. Now she is just not solely defending herself but in addition others. We’re seeing this modification not solely in leisure but in addition in society.
You’re a very sturdy girl, however what issues about ladies on the whole do you object to?
-What I object to probably the most is that girls are all the time informed what to do and what to not do. The place to go, whom to marry, the place to work, all the pieces is informed. It is extremely vital to grasp that that is our life, allow us to stay it. Allow us to make our errors. Do not minimize our wings. Allow us to fly. Now you see, we’re in a position to fly aircrafts as nicely. We ladies are succesful in each means.
Ranging from TV, you might be constantly energetic on movies and OTT as nicely. The place do you get pleasure from probably the most?
-I like performing probably the most, it doesn’t matter what the medium is. An actor’s dream is to play completely different roles and I’m residing that dream. I got here to Mumbai years in the past in order that I might hear motion, minimize on daily basis. For me, the medium has by no means been such that I’ll do solely TV or OTT or movies. I began with the small display screen. After that I took a break, as a result of I had carried out all the pieces on TV. I additionally labored in theatre. Then got here OTT. I’m grateful to OTT that I’m able to play such sturdy characters on this platform. I get motion pictures. I’ve been within the trade for 20 years, so now I’m experimenting.
When did you face probably the most problem in your profession?
-The troublesome part of my profession began after Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin. Though issues ought to have develop into simpler, however that present and its fame had develop into a lot that I felt that I shouldn’t do TV after this, as a result of each present of mine shall be in comparison with Jassi. I had develop into a bit away from TV serials. I used to be the winner of actuality dance present like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, and I additionally hosted reveals like Comedy Discover Reside and Leisure Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. It was solely after a niche that I labored in serials. The time after Jassi was very troublesome for me. I used to suppose for a very long time what subsequent?
Your movie ‘Munjya’ relies on the supernatural. Do you consider in ghosts?
-I believe that no matter horror or concern is there, it’s in your thoughts. Nevertheless, I’m very frightened of horror movies. I keep in mind, once we had been small and used to exit to play, the lights of our stairs weren’t switched on until seven o’clock. After I needed to go up the steps to my home after taking part in, I all the time felt that somebody was following me. At the moment, to eliminate the concern, I used to run up the steps chanting ‘Wahe Guru Wahe Guru’. Even now I’m very frightened of horror movies. I all the time begin imagining that there’s somebody beneath the mattress. There may be somebody behind the scenes. We had quite a lot of enjoyable whereas taking pictures the movie. We had been imagining our CGI (laptop generated) actor in every single place. This movie can be proper for a viewer like me as a result of it has a very good mixture of horror and comedy. In any other case individuals like me wouldn’t go to see horror.