At the News18 Roundtable, actress Mona Singh reflected on her decision to play Jassi in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, calling it a bold choice at a time when debuting actresses were expected to look conventionally glamorous. She admitted that the decision was risky but said her focus had always remained on the work. “Everybody wants to look pretty and their best when they debut, but for me, I just knew one thing—mujhe to kaam karna hai,” she shared.
Mona, who received widespread praise for her performance in Netflix’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood, recalled informing her parents about the show and the significant makeover it involved. Their response strengthened her confidence in the project. “The only thing I told my parents was, ‘Yeh show aa raha hai. You will see me in a different look and there is a makeover.’ They were like, ‘Wow, yeh to hit hai. Yeh to hit hai because there is no show like that,’” she added.
According to her, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin stood out because it moved away from the kitchen politics that dominated television at the time and instead focused on the professional world. Set in a fashion house, the show featured a protagonist who had no sense of fashion, a contrast Mona believed played a key role in its success. “Most of the shows at that time were about kitchen politics. And this was one show which was getting into office and that too a fashion house where this lady Jassi has got nothing to do with fashion or any sense of fashion,” she recalled.
While Jassi brought her unprecedented fame, Mona said the period after the show was about rediscovering herself as an actor. She described the character as a “big load” that stayed with her even after the show ended. Aware that comparisons were inevitable, she chose not to take on another daily soap immediately. Instead, she diversified her work by hosting shows, participating in reality and dance formats, and gradually redefining her screen image.
“My journey, I wouldn’t call it a struggle, but my journey to find myself again started after Jassi because it was that big load, that big weight of the character that I was carrying after the show ended. And I didn’t want to get into another daily soap right after Jassi because I knew that everybody would compare, so I started hosting. I started participating in reality shows, dancing shows. And then I tried to find myself and took other risks,” she said.
One of her most unconventional decisions was playing the role of a mother to three children in her late twenties, a move many actors would hesitate to take so early in their careers. “I was like, ‘Alright, I’ll do it,’ and it worked,” she said, underlining her belief that growth came through risk-taking. Speaking at the same interaction, Mona stressed that she had never allowed the fear of being typecast to influence her choices.
Today, she said she found it rewarding that casting directors recognise her versatility and approach her for both positive and negative roles. She revealed that several of her upcoming releases from January onwards would see her in full-fledged negative characters. For Mona, this phase serves as proof that taking chances paid off. “I don’t want to get comfortable. I don’t want to be complacent. I want to keep pushing myself. Home is for comfort,” she said.
On the work front, Mona Singh will next be seen in the upcoming film Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos, adding another noteworthy project to her evolving career.
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