In this clip from my exclusive interview with Monica Gill, the ex beauty pageant queen shares her journey into beauty pageants and how winning the Miss India Worldwide pageant helped launched her career into Bollywood and Punjabi cinema. She also shares her personal tips on how to win a beauty pageant!
With the tragic passing of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, I asked Monica Gill on her prospective on what it’s like trying to make it in Bollywood when you are all alone in Mumbai with no connections. She opens up about the struggles of actors in Mumbai and how big of a problem nepotism is in Bollywood AND Punjabi cinema. She also shares her view on the boycott movement against Bollywood and some of it’s actors and directors.
In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with former Miss India Worldwide beauty pageant winner and Punjabi actress Monica Gill! This interview has an interview backstory. We did our interview on the day she would have had her wedding reception. Like so many other couples, Monica’s wedding plans had to be postponed due to Covid-19. Instead of being down, Monica decided to keep busy and chat with me. We chatted about everything. From her beauty pageant past (fun fact: we were both in the Miss India Worldwide pageant!) to how she used her title to get her foot into Punjabi cinema. Some of her hits include Sardaarji 2 and Ambarsariya with Diljit Dosanjh, Kaptaan with Gippy Grewal, and Sat Shri Akaal England with Ammy Virk. Monica talks about her experience moving to Mumbai and working in the film industry and offers her advice to other aspiring actors hoping to break into the film world. She also shares her personal love story. From how she met her fiance to her wedding plans and what her future plans are, get to know Monica even better in today’s exclusive interview!