Now, mrs Jassi: Mona Singh |
Wedding bells
In a desperate bid to stop the KBC2 juggernaut from riding roughshod over all other telly shows, Jassi was being married off to Armaan 'Sir' in a super hurry. But the rush hour never came as the wedding never happened. Now, after all these episodes, the TV queen has finally married her dream man, in true Malay style.
"I am very, very happy that my character is getting to marry finally," says Mona Singh, still better known as Jassi across the country. "It's sad that her parents couldn't be with her in Malaysia but it's Raghav who gave her away."
Mona is excited with the Malay marriage rituals. "It's very different from the Indian style," she says. "There's no pandit sitting or no baraat as such. We were made to sit in huge chairs and then carried around. Raghav played the best man throughout."
But doesn't the marriage also mean the end of the serial? "Something that starts has to end at some point of time," says Mona. "I just want a nice ending to the show so that people miss it once it's gone off the air."
And will Mona be able to forget the character that not only made television history but also changed her life? "I will always cherish Jassi," she smiles. "I am specially attached to my old look. There are many people who miss that old Jassi. When I went to the sets of Deal Ya No Deal in my old get-up, I got a thumping reception from the studio crowd."
Even as Mona takes a long "well-deserved" break for the next couple of months, she has already committed to Page 3 producer Bobby Pushkarna for what will be her first act on the big screen.