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Monaz follows dad's path
By: Shaheen Parkar
May 20, 2006

Monaz Mevawalla

The name of Monaz Mevawalla may not ring a bell. But the actress has been around for quite a while, in several shows.

At present, she plays the rebel sister Mansi, in Sony's afternoon drama, Risshton Ki Dor, as well as Ameesha, in the comedy Chuupke Chuupke on SAB.

Interestingly her father, Firdaus Mevawalla, is also an actor.

He does character roles on the small screen and in Bollywood.

He is seen in the SAB show, Yes Boss, Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi on DD, and in Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate.

In Shiamak's troupe

"I am into acting just because my father is also into it," says Monaz. She was part of Shiamak Davar's troupe and taught dancing. "Acting just happened after I had my portfolio shot, for a lark. I began circulating my photos and that's how I landed Kittie Party. Then one show followed the other."

Being a Parsi, initially, her Hindi was a problem. "I have overcome whatever fears anyone would have about the language, now I speak Hindi fluently.

Kittie Party's director (Tamara Nedungadi) was extremely patient and helped me a lot with my diction. In fact I am a cocktail, as my mother, Asha is a Gujarati. So I am not a pucca Bawa," she laughs.

"We used to live at Cusrow Baug, Colaba, but later shifted to Goregaon as it would take two hours commuting from Colaba to the suburbs for the shoots."

No more small roles

The actress is determined to make her career as an actress. "I want to play main roles or the parallel lead roles. I have had my share of playing small parts." With two shows on air at present (Risshton Ki Dor and Chuupke Chuupke), she is looking for more.