Final episode @ Mona's[Jassi] residence

Jassi goes on holiday

With couch potatoes bidding farewell to Jassi Jaisi…Koi Nahin in the final episode this Thursday, they will also be given a peek into Mona 'Jassi' Singh's residence in Lokhandwala, Mumbai.

"It's such a beautiful send-off," says Mona as she prepares for her first vacation in three years. "In the last episode to be telecast on Thursday the real and reel Jassi will come together. My family from the soap will merge with my real family. We've shot in my home with my parents, my elder sister who has flown down from New Zealand to be with me and her son. So it's like one large joint family saying goodbye."

For Mona, the goodbye isn't quite what she had imagined it to be. "I thought I'd be doing cartwheels out of excitement when Jassi... got over. But on the last day I cried and cried," she says. "I was supposed to laugh in my last shot but I couldn't bring myself to do so. I was feeling sad to leave the serial behind. Jassi had become a part of my life. The characters were my family. I ceased to be Mona, I was Jassi for three years. So of course, there's bound to be a feeling of emptiness."

But the emptiness is accompanied with a feeling of relief. "I can finally take a holiday. In fact, I'm leaving for a 20-day holiday to Kerala with my family," says Mona. "I think I've earned this break. But I plan to return to television after the break. I can't give up what I've earned with such difficulty. Jassi... has given me everything. I've several offers. I will definitely take up a soap though I am not sure if I am ready for another daily. So even though I've a movie on hand I'll definitely do another serial. I see myself as a television actor first."

Mona isn't averse to a sequel to Jassi... either. "In fact, my directors for Jassi…Deeya and Tony Singh are in discussion with me right now for another serial. Let's see. I'm ready to take it on as long as it remains interesting. Serials should end before they begin to drag their feet," she says.