By Hindustan Times
Mona Singh, best known for her role within the desi version of Ugly Betty — Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin — admits she’s been getting too many letters, emails and messages from homemakers asking her for the right way to be like her on-screen character Mona. Reason: she plays a happy-go-lucky mother of 3 within the Sony show Kya Hua Tera Vaada.
“I’d never imagined I’d become the ambassador of housewives,” she beams, adding, “A lot of married women have written to me asking me how I have the capacity to keep a smiling face within the show, when my character goes through adversities. Honestly, I’ve learnt that from my mother. She never frowned when she needed to soak up multiple responsibilities while she was raising my sister and me, and looking out after a home and our father.”
Mona, 32, isn't married yet, but says she’s received quite a lot of proposals, especially after she returned to the soap scene last month. “I had a number of offers even if I USED TO BE playing Jassi. But now, the offers are better because families see me playing the role of an effective housewife and a mom, and that i think I WILL BE ABLE TO pull that role off in real life too. That’s a package that each man looks for,” says the actor, who's paired opposite Pawan Shankar within the show. “I’m ready, but something worthwhile has to come back my way.”
Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin was Mona’s first soap that went on air over a decade ago. Given the gruelling schedules, wasn’t she apprehensive about returning to the grind? “Health is an important concern. Before I took up the show, I made that clear to the producers. Even supposing it’s a daily, I don’t shoot for greater than 10 hours. It’s much better than wearing stilettos on reality show sets and status for six-eight hours.”
