I used to be a hopeless romantic, says Mouni Roy
Mouni Roy, who was last seen in Made In China alongside Rajkummar Rao, has a dream that not many know of. A book lover, she always had plans of penning a book. She reveals that she had already started writing one but she eventually put the plan on the back-burner.
“I wrote 10 chapters, and they were really bad. It was a love story. But the dream is still there. I would definitely want to write in the future, maybe a script or a compilation of short stories. I want to do it properly by giving it ample time, hard work and concentration,” she shares. Mouni says that the reason behind scrapping her first book was her changed perspective on the idea of love. “I used to be a hopeless romantic, but I’m more of a realist now. It happens with time, age and experience,” elaborates the 34-year-old actor.
Mouni is bombarded with questions on her love life and relationship status on social media all the time. Talking about it, she says, “I’m single, and there’s no plan of settling down anytime soon. You can’t force things like a marriage or a relationship. For these things to happen, the unity of time, space and action has to come together. They’ll happen when they’re meant to happen.”
Shedding some more light on her social media life, Mouni says that she has learnt to turn a deaf ear to people who trolled her for getting a lip job done. “Initially, I used to feel very hurt. I had gotten my lips done but nobody saw that I undid it. People talk rubbish irrespective of whether you’ve done something or not. Now, I know that trolls are ghosts who sit behind ghost screens and write ill about others. They’re pitiful. Thinking too much about them is a wastage of time,” explains the actor, who has just wrapped up hosting a podcast on Audible Suno .
Apart from that, Mouni is also looking forward to playing an antagonist in the Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt-starrer Brahmastra.
I’m single, and there’s no plan of settling down anytime soon. You can’t force things like a marriage or a relationship.
MOUNI ROY ACTOR