In
a
candid
interview,
actress
Mona
Singh,
who
is
known
for
bringing
her
own
X-factor
to
every
project
she
stars
in,
reflected
on
how
choosing
to
play
Jassi
was
a
bold
move
at
a
time
when
debuting
actresses
were
expected
to
look
conventionally
glamorous.
She
admitted
that
the
decision
was
indeed
risky,
but
for
her,
the
priority
was
always
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
universal
praise
for
her
performance
in
Netflix’s
The
Ba***ds
of
Bollywood,
recalled
informing
her
parents
about
the
show
and
the
drastic
makeover
involved.
Their
reaction,
however,
reassured
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
apart
because
it
moved
away
from
the
usual
kitchen
politics
dominating
television
then
and
instead
explored
the
professional
world,
set
in
a
fashion
house
where
the
protagonist
had
no
sense
of
fashion
at
all.
That
uniqueness,
she
believes,
made
the
show
a
massive
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
fondly
remembered.
While
Jassi
gave
her
unprecedented
fame,
Mona
revealed
that
life
after
the
show
was
about
rediscovering
herself
as
an
actor.
She
described
the
character
as
a
“big
load”
she
carried
even
after
the
show
ended.
Conscious
of
inevitable
comparisons,
she
chose
not
to
jump
into
another
daily
soap
immediately.
Instead,
she
diversified-hosting
shows,
participating
in
reality
and
dance
shows,
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
boldest
decisions
was
playing
a
mother
to
three
children
in
her
late
20s,
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
comes
only
through
risk-taking.
Mona
stressed
that
she
has
never
let
the
fear
of
being
typecast
dictate
her
choices.
Today,
she
finds
it
rewarding
that
casting
directors
see
her
versatility
and
approach
her
for
both
positive
and
negative
roles.
In
fact,
she
revealed
that
several
of
her
upcoming
releases
from
January
onwards
will
see
her
in
full-fledged
negative
characters.
For
Mona,
this
evolution
is
proof
that
taking
chances
pays
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,
summing
up
her
philosophy.
On
the
work
front,
Mona
Singh
will
next
be
seen
in
the
upcoming
film
Happy
Patel:
Khatarnak
Jasoos,
adding
yet
another
intriguing
project
to
her
ever-evolving
career.