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Actor Shah Rukh Khan did an important cameo in director Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra: Part One- Shiva and had to face the wrath of the villain Junoon, played by Mouni Roy. She revealed that working with someone as senior and prolific as Shah Rukh for the first time was an “out-of-body” experience for her.
Junoon had to torture Mohan into getting an astra, which he possessed. In an interview with The Male Feminist, the actor shares her experience of meeting Shah Rukh for the first time.
“I have done television for nine years, I am very good with my lines and I memorise them quickly. I don’t think maine last time kab itna fumble kiya hoga. To mujhe kisi ne aake pucha ki aapki lines ready hai and maine bola ‘haan’. (I don’t remember the last time I fumbled so much. Someone asked me if my lines were ready and I said yes) I have gone on sets, first rehearsal, it’s such an out-of-body experience when you are standing next to Shah Rukh sir,” Mouni said.
The younger actor highlighted that her character had to look very dominating and intimidating and she wasn’t supposed to look soft in front of Shah Rukh’s character.
“I looked at him (Shah Rukh) and I just forgot what I had to say and it’s powerful. I can’t be a girl-next-door, stylised and all. You have to hold his gaze and go for it. So I was like ‘ok, I need to calm down’. So Ayaan came and said ‘calm down, don’t get nervous’. It takes that few an hour or two to get used to.”
The first film in the Brahmastra trilogy starred Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor in leading roles, along with Amitabh Bachchan in a pivotal character. When asked about the power dynamics on the set with so many A-listers, Mouni said, “I don’t think that there is a power dynamic on a set.”
The actor was recently seen in Sultan Of Delhi in the character of Nayanthara. In the series directed by Milan Luthria, she has a cabaret performance in a song. When asked if she was concerned about the male gaze or it being right or wrong, Mouni said that this is not how she works.
“Kabhi mere dimag mein chalta hi nahi hai ki gaze kaisa hai mere upar. Theek hai ki galat hai. Mujhe lagta hai ki lyrics mein kuch gadbadi hai, to shayad mein na karu. (I never think about the gaze. If it’s right or wrong. If there is something problematic in lyrics then I might not do it. ) It is always a very creative, thought-out choice. Also, I am working at that point in time. I want to do my work well,” said Mouni, who web series is based on Arnab Ray’s book Sultan of Delhi: Ascension.
Mouni further added, “I give a lot of my time to my rehearsals to be in that character. I am always part of the process of figuring out costumes, look and feel. So mere dimag mein ye chal raha hota hao uss waqt ki main apna kaam bohot ache se karu. Uske alava kuch nahi chalta hai. (So that was on my mind. At that time, I want to do my work well).
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