"An Out-Of-Body Experience:" Mouni Roy On Working With Shah Rukh Khan (image: instagram.com/imouniroy)

Mouni Roy essayed the role of antagonist named Junoon in Ayan Mukherji”s Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva. A popular television actor, Ms Roy, made her Hindi film debut with the period sport film Gold.

In her recent interview with Siddhaarth Aalambayan on the talk show, “The Male Feminist,” she recounted her experience of working with Shah Rukh Khan in Brahmastra. She said standing next to Ms Khan was “an out-of-body experience” for her.

She said: “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 recollect the last time I fumbled so much. Someone had asked me whether my lines were ready, 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.”

The actor then added that she had to calm herself down to hold Mr Khan”s gaze. “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 Ayan came and said ‘calm down, don’t get nervous,’” said Ms Roy.

Mr Khan had a cameo role in Brahmastra, where Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt appeared in lead roles.