The small screen star and ‘Naagin’ fame actress made her Bollywood debut with Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gold’ and soon after she was offered Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra’ which stars Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Alia Bhatt in lead roles. Mouni was then roped in to play the love interest of John Abraham in his film ‘Romeo Akbar Walter(RAW)’. She also has ‘Made in China’ in her kitty that stars Rajkummar Rao in lead role. Mouni recently opened up about her lead antagonist’s role in Ayan’s film revealing that it was her popular TV show ‘Naagin’ that fetched her a villainous role in ‘Brahmastra’.
While talking about her upcoming movies, Mouni also shared that she had a great time working with ‘RAW’ co-actor John Abraham and is happy with the way her role has shaped up in the film.
“RAW’ was offered to me after ‘Gold’ and Bramashtra’. This was last year. I am playing John’s love interest, it is integral to the story. She is a banker. It was superb working with John. Both Akshay Kumar (her ‘Gold’ co-star) and John Abraham have lot of similarities like they are so so focused and disciplined.” -She told PTI.
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Mouni’s upcoming films also include ‘Bole Chudiyan’ with Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
“This girl in (‘Bole Chudiyan’) is very fiery, drives tractors and dances. It is a full on Hindi film heroine. I am excited about it. I was waiting for something like this,” Mouni tells PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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