LADKA-LADKI BHI DOST HO SAKTE HAIN...
Prove Mona Singh and Gaurav Gera, friends for have been best friendship! who to their Cheers now. over 17 years
The kind of confidence that Gaurav gives me... Whenever in doubt, I call him, and he says, ‘Tu sahi hai, nobody can do this but you’. MONA SINGH ACTOR Mona happiness ki dose hai, not just to me, but anybody. I am not talkative, but just the vibe and positivity around her, I love. GAURAV GERA ACTOR
In 17 years of their friendship, which began on the sets of TV show Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, actors Mona Singh and Gaurav Gera have only gone from strength to strength. Our conversation with them starts right off the bat as we ask how was their first meeting like.
Gera, 46, reveals, “We were shooting for Jassi… look test. The makers wanted perfect chemistry. I had not seen Mona before and was already three years old in the industry. Voh mujhe bhaav hi nahi de rahi thi! I thought, ‘This is the first time I am seeing a newcomer behave like this’. I also thought, ‘The show is called Nandu and Jassi, we both have titular roles, why is this girl behaving like this’. But it happens when you are a new person. She is a very fine actor.”
In her defence, Singh says she was just shy. “I actually thought Gaurav was giving a little attitude!” she admits, as Gera chimes in and reveals that Singh had to do the scene with two other guys, who were in the running for Nandu’s role. She laughs, “Finalised sirf main thi, Gaurav! We had another look test together. In that scene we had a lot of fun.” THE OMNIPRESENT COUPLE CONFUSION
Salman Khan’s dialogue in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) — ek ladka ladki kabhi dost nahi ho sakte — remains a popular filmi philosophy. When asked how the duo overcame this, Singh says people around them always mistook them for a couple! “So many people wrote to us on social media, ‘You should get married’, and we used to always laugh it off, ‘Ye kya ho gaya, hum toh best friends hain’. Our parents were also thinking these two should get married. We had to make them understand that it’s nothing like that. He will be happy when I get married and vice versa,” says Singh, 38.
And naturally, Gera, was the first one to know when Singh decided to get married. She tells us, “It was a very beautiful moment on the terrace of his house. He just looked at me and said, ‘Oh my God Mona, I can so imagine you as a bride’. We BEST THING ABOUT EACH OTHER
Gera gushes, “Mona happiness ki dose hai, not just to me, but anybody. I am not talkative, but just the vibe and positivity around her, I love.” Singh, on the other hand, feels that the best part about Gera is that he never judges her. “The kind of confidence that Gaurav gives me... Whenever I am in a doubt, I call him, and he says, ‘Tu sahi hai, nobody can do this but you’, I feel fully charged and ready to get back to work. He’s my anchor,” she says, at which point Gera quips, “Oh, I do this? I need a commission now. All projects you’ve signed are because of me!” The fun never ends with these two!