Mona Singh's NEW(est) interview

'If Karan was playing my brother in the show, there wouldn't have been any rumours'

RACHNA KANWAR

The girl who changed the face of Indian television forcing the saas-bahu sagas out of the prime time slots, Mona Singh is a lot like Jassi — the character she made famous or vice versa —confident, ambitious, articulate. She talks to BT about her take on playing Jassi and life after that.
Did you think that one serial, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, could change your life forever?
When I signed the contract, I didn't know how big the show was. I was very scared, as what we were starting off was completely different. The show would either have been a big hit or flopped miserably. I used to wonder when the makers would tell me that we'll try giving you a Sunday off, that why or how my life will be different than it is now.
When was it that you realised the popularity of the show?
When I started shooting for Jassi, I hardly used to get any time to go out to socialise. And people didn't know who I was — the real person behind Jassi. My first episode came on air on September 1, 2003 and on September 5 when I was shooting, the entire traffic stopped. Just four days of being on air caused this! That day I realised that I had arrived!
How difficult was it to be someone else all the time? We read that your gums used to bleed...
For a person who used to look like this (as she is now) and to look like that (as Jassi) was a little difficult to digest. But the character got so much love and affection from the people. The tough part was the braces because it was something that I didn't need in my mouth. As a result my gums used to bleed.
Wasn't your family sick of seeing you in those braces all the time?
(Laughs) I was promised that there'll be a makeover. But it was delayed from the original story because of certain situations in the serial. But I feel the makeover happened at the right time. Had it happened early, we would not have the kind of masala that we have today.
Your resemblance to the girl who played Betty in the original series Yo Soy Betty, la Fea is uncanny.
I was completely shocked when my producer Deeya (Singh) showed me that lady. And at that time I didn't know that I was supposed to look like her. I said, 'Not possible, I can't look like that.' She told me that she'll make me look like that.
Do you identify with Jassi?
I'm from a middle class Punjabi family, which is why I could relate to the character. I'm very ambitious like Jassi. I never had to put in an extra effort to act. I'm very close to my dad and that is what the serial was all about; the relationship of Jassi and her father.
You recently said that you are sick of playing Jassi and want to move on...
I didn't mean that. Jassi is a youth icon that people look up to. I can't make a statement like I'm fed up of Jassi. I love the show, I love the character. If it was in my hand, I would never end it.
Is Jassi coming to an end soon?
I don't think that it'll end too soon as all the old characters like Maddy and Pari are coming back. We are trying to get it back to what it was.
Will it be a challenge to break free from the image of Jassi?
I don't want to take it like that. I don't need to prove a point. It'll take people a while to accept me as something else, after seeing me as Jassi for three years. If there is any role that excites me which is as big as Jassi, then I'll accept it. But I am also aware of the fact that all my life I'll be called Jassi. It is a kind of an achievement because you leave a mark on people.
Tell us about the film that you have signed.
I don't have much to talk about my film. It's at a very early stage right now. I've signed the contract that I will do a film with Bobby Pushkarna, the producer of Page 3.
How do you deal with being linked with Karan Oberoi?
I thought I should come up with a write-up saying that there is nothing of that sort, but then I felt who all will I keep explaining to every time? Being a celebrity, there is a certain amount of leeway that you have to give to the people; to speculate, to think that if you are seen with a guy you are dating him. But that is not how it is. If Karan was playing my brother in the show, there wouldn't have been any rumours. That is how I take it. So I don't let it bother me. I read the rumours and I think that tomorrow the story would be forgotten.


Source:Bombay Times, Mumbai

thanks but already posted .....
thanks once again

Buffie,
The question has been answered...
Quote from the above interview...
You recently said that you are sick of playing Jassi and want to move on...
I didn't mean that. Jassi is a youth icon that people look up to. I can't make a statement like I'm fed up of Jassi. I love the show, I love the character. If it was in my hand, I would never end it.

Ab tho maaf karna Mona Singh ko... 😉

This int has completely redeemed Mona in\n my eyes.I prefer to believe her--i see no reason not to.

Thanks for the interview 😊

thanks, the karan thing's getting annoying now...

i have replied to all these points in another thread..ask tina, she'll tell youll 😆

Thanks fr d news!!!!!!! 😃

wooh it came in friday bombay times and i cudnt find the link on net
so i didnt post it
buffy where have uposted this give me the link

Originally posted by: chatterbox

wooh it came in friday bombay times and i cudnt find the link on net
so i didnt post it
buffy where have uposted this give me the link

here's the link CB...i did not post it but i commented to it..especially after everyone pounced on me and said that"see, you bashed mona so much..but she's not at all like that..she's such a mahaan..she loves jjkn and is not at all tired..those old interviews were bogus....and you believed them...mona is so good..so eat up all your words..."...and my reply to the whole thing was

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/jassi-jaissi-koi-nahin/207034/being-jassi-was-like-playing-superman