Mona takes to meditation and Reiki

For the first time in her 13-year-old career, Mona Singh is finding it difficult to switch off from the character that she is playing on screen. The actress, who will be seen in the role of a woman who is good at heart, but is forced into showing a bitchy, evil and dark side to her thanks to some supernatural forces in Kawach — Kaali Shaktiyon Se, feels completely out of her comfort zone. “I have always played a positive role and it wasn’t difficult to switch off.

Even here during the shoot I am fine because there are many people on the sets, but after filming eerie and spooky scenes, when I go home the trouble starts. I get disturbed with the slightest of sounds. It just plays on my psyche as a result of which I have become a light sleeper. I have started doing a little bit of meditation and Reiki to calm myself,” says Mona. 

Didn’t she feel odd doing a serial dealing with black magic and superstitions, especially after being part of progressive serials like Kya Hua Tera Vaada and Pyaar Ko Ho Jaane Do where she played a strong role? “Even in this I have a very strong role. It is the story of good vs evil and I am the kawach for the family. The serial shows how indulging in black magic boomerangs. My role is a like Vidya Balan’s in Bhool Bhulaiya,” explains the actress. As for being part of such a show, she reasons that vampires and werewolves are popular in West and here naagins and supernatural elements are scoring. “These shows are getting good ratings, I think it’s a phase that TV goes through. The saas-bahu sagas which were popular once are fading now. People want something new,” she says.  

Ask her what went wrong with her last show Pyaar Ko Ho Jaane Do and all she says is, “I loved doing that serial and my character Preet, but it didn’t do well. One has to take these things with a pinch of salt and move ahead.”