Titas Chowdhury (HINDUSTAN TIMES; April 20, 2020)

“We’re living in the scariest of times, but we’re in it together,” says actor Mouni Roy who believes that the Coronavirus health crisis will give everyone a reality check and teach them to not take the nature for granted. She explains, “We had to slow down as that’s what nature wanted. I hope that we don’t go back to our old ways, and enter the new world as changed individuals.”

Roy is making most of the lockdown and has got back to her hobbies that were a major part of her growing up years. “There’s so much time, so I picked up a brush. I started with doing my seven and four-year-old nephews’ crafts homework. I’m also learning new recipes,” she shares.

Film shoots have been postponed indefinitely but Roy is calm. She urges everyone “to not think too much about the future”. “It’s not the right time to think of our upcoming projects. The world economy is in crisis. I hope we come out stronger,” she says.

The actor says though she has been living away from her family for a while now, the lockdown is making her homesick. “It’s difficult to live without family. I miss them. I’ve my bouts of crying. We speak on phone calls and video calls. Thankfully, Cooch Behar (West Bengal) is still safe,” she says.