Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 27, 2019)

Some of our B-Town actors seem to be in the holiday mode. After Akshay Kumar’s London getaway to celebrate his 52nd birthday on September 9, Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap’s week-long detox break in Austria and sisters Kriti and Nupur Sanon’s US and Canada trip, on Wednesday, Mouni Roy took off to Thailand to ring in her birthday on September 28.

“Welcome to nimbu paani + sunshine & peace in abundance,” stated the actress upon reaching a five-star resort in Thailand’s Koh Kood island.

“Mouni is known to be a water baby and wanted to celebrate her big day at a beach destination. She wanted to go somewhere closer to the country. She took off with her best friends for a week and will begin promotions of Made In China upon her return to the Bay,” informs a source close to the actress.

The birthday girl gushes, “For me, birthdays mean you grow a year older and wiser. It’s that time of the year where I like to take time off with my close friends and family to rejuvenate, to be with myself and to introspect. I am loving this.”

The actress plays Rajkummar Rao’s wife in director Mikhil Musale’s Hindi directorial debut, which is a comedy revolving around a struggling Gujarati businessman and Mouni’s character, a Mumbai girl who moves to Ahmedabad and pushes her entrepreneur-husband towards success.

Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 13, 2018)

Mouni Roy, who rose to fame with Ekta Kapoor’s TV show Naagin and recently graduated to the big screen with Gold, is retracing her TV roots with Ankita Lokhande, of Pavitra Rishta fame, another Ekta show, who is currently shooting for her Bollywood debut, Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.

The duo shot for a special number for the Ganesh Utsav special episode of the TV show Shakti: Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki. While Mouni performed on the song “Ram Chahe Leela” from Goliyon Ki Raas Leela: Ram-Leela, Ankita danced to the film’s “Nagade Sang Dhol” song and “Gajanana” from Bajirao Mastani. The festive sequence is shot at a hospital where the show’s leads, Harman (Vivian D’sena) and Soumya (Rubina Dilaik), are being treated for memory loss.

“I’m super excited to be on the sets of Shakti, doing what I love the most. I jump at every opportunity I get to dance and immerse myself completely in rehearsals. This set took me back to the days when I used to shoot for Mahadev at the same studio. TV is like home, I’ll keep coming back to it. I’ve always said that I’m a proud TV actress,” Mouni concluded.