I think Bigg Boss 14 has given me that visibility that now wherever I go trust me any part of
the world not just India you know the remotest areas everybody recognises me
You go to 4-5 auditions; you face rejections every day coming back home where you don’t
have money in your account, you don't have food. You have two frozen parathas maybe to eat
or you can afford like a 10-rupee pack of Maggie so that
time depression and I started feeling maybe I don't look good
A guy with great sense of humour, smiling, good friend
but that loss has really affected me somewhere
Trust me it has taken I came here in 2012, almost 10 years of struggle, working hard day and
night and not being unstoppable to find a small house for myself
Marriage isn’t happening right now, not for at least 4-5 years
Hello everyone. This is Avinash Lohana and you are watching Pinkvilla. There is a lot that I
can say about our guest today. She’s smart, she’s gorgeous, she’s talented but her best quality
is that she talks from her heart that touches heart. Yes, you've
guessed it right I’m talking about Jasmin Bhasin
Hi Jasmin
Hi thank you for having me here
We are very honoured to have you here and you know right from my introduction where what
I said you talk from your heart which touches people which is very true about you. But
sometimes straightforwardness is taken as arrogance. Has that ever happened to you?
Yes. Everybody can’t accept everything. But I am like it is what it is and I say it like that. So
those who can’t accept how I am, they take it as arrogance and those accept, they understand
that this is how I am so yeah, a lot of people think but I am not I and honestly if someone feels bad
apologise because I’m sorry I didn't mean to be arrogant this is how I felt I was just being honest
Do you get this a lot?
Now because I’ve started thinking before talking so little less but earlier yes, I used to get this a lot
Did you always want to become an actor?
No, I never thought that I’ll become an actor and neither do I come from that background
where a lot of films were seen or anything. It just happened it was destined to be, this was destiny's call
Sure, but how did it happen then?
It happened because I was doing a course in hospitality, I was doing my training with five-
star hotels in Jaipur in Delhi so somebody happened to see me and they asked me would you
like to shoot for a campaign so just for some extra money and that time I said okay, I will do
it. Before that, as a college student too to be able to pay for rent so I didn’t know it was a big
campaign. So, it was a big campaign my pictures were everywhere on the hoardings,
newspapers and everybody I suddenly got so much attention because I grew up as this ugly,
dark chick so and I was like what is it then suddenly i started getting a lot of calls for
modelling so I thought I’ll give it a try while doing modelling somebody called me for a
south movie audition, I got through that and that’s how it started.
You have done daily soaps in TV; you have done reality shows. You did Khatron Ke Khiladi
first then you did Bigg Boss 14. What changed in your career because of Bigg Boss 14?
I think Bigg Boss 14 has given me that visibility that now wherever I go trust me any part of
the world not just India you know the remotest areas everybody recognises me I’ve been I am
getting so much love. Of course, the journey was difficult reaching the stage where I’m only
getting love was also difficult but it has changed my life totally
Sure, in fact. I read your interview where you talked about around Bigg Boss 14 you were
struggling through anxiety, depression because of rejections. When you look back at that time
today, when you're doing so well for yourself then congratulations for it how do you feel?
I feel great because I know I’ve earned it because the journey was very difficult. I've always
been all alone by myself. When I look back and think oh my god how come I didn't give up?
What was inside me that always kept me going? Because trust me from being born to sitting
here I’ve always by myself on my own and it has been a very, very difficult journey trusts
me. I've seen all kinds of ups and downs, all kinds of good and bad and I have like I know
how to deal with everything now and I really feel proud of
myself that I’m still standing tall and strong and to face more in life.
What was that phase when you said you were dealing with depression?
See before I started my career in television I moved to Bombay and I don't know about
Bombay okay. And I am the sole learning member for my
family I can't go back home I’ve left home. I have to make it so
You go to 4-5 auditions; you face rejections every day coming back home where you don’t
have money in your account, you don't have food. You have two frozen parathas maybe to eat
or you can afford like a 10-rupee pack of Maggie so that time depression and I started feeling
maybe I don't look good maybe I don't know maybe it's not meant to be and why did I do
this? I started self questioning me so that phase was very, very bad yeah so
Self-doubt in itself is a very difficult phase right?
Yeah, one thing that I learned through that phase is never self doubt yourself because life has
ups and downs but if you are confident enough things definitely work out
I watched a show where you said you were 17 or 18 when you started modelling and you said
that time many people told you were skinny, you don't look desirable. These are very hard things to hear
The thing is yes, I have groomed myself definitely over years but not because people told me
because I wanted to work on myself and there's always scope to get better that's why when
people used to tell me I think by nature I am stubborn. I say okay because in the back of my
mind it was that I have to try. Even if there were rejections, I knew someone would select me.
So, I could never give up. And somebody also told me one thing which really worked for
me, helped me go through all the process, someone told me, Jasmin the number of people you
meet that many opinions will be there. You don’t have to change yourself according to
people. Be what you like. So, I have always been how I like
But body shaming is a reality. It happens a lot in the business, social media also. How do you battle it?
I think now I’m in that phase that I don’t care about anything else except my own happiness
my family's happiness and people who are around me as
long as we are happy, I don't care about anybody's opinion I’ve reached that stage in life
Sure, let's talk about your successes and just before the interview we were talking about you
know you have bought a new house, you're shifting into tell
me about this space, how does it feel to own your own house?
It feels really good I feel like okay I always wanted to always live in Bombay. I love this
city. The city has given me everything that I have today so I feel okay now I am a
Mumbaikar. I have a place of my I have a permanent address and trust me it has taken I came
here in 2012, almost 10 years of struggle, working hard day and night and not being
unstoppable to find a small house for myself
More power to you
Thank you
Music videos is also very important part of your career now you're doing a lot of them off
late recently one of with Mohsin Khan was released, lovely video. Do you enjoy this phase of
music videos or you want to get into more of acting?
Of course, honestly, I am missing acting I’m dying to get back to acting you know
because I am an actor. Its fun playing that new character. The last fiction role I did was
Naagin. After that I have been doing reality and it’s been 2-3 years so I am dying to get back
to acting and which will happen now in January but I’m really enjoying music videos, it's lot
of fun and it's different which I have not done and touch would have worked with all great
people, great you know people who have made music, have sung the song great co-actors
really enjoying the phase but I think now I’m going to take a small break
Sure, so from break from music videos right and then?
No just a break for myself for December. Because January I
know I have to get back to work so I want to be all reboot and recharge
Where are you going for New Year’s?
I might go to London if the pandemic doesn’t hit us again
There was a time when people were more focussed on yours
and Aly’s relationship, now that’s changing. Are you happy about that?
I am very happy about it because both of us are very strong individuals who have come to
this city to work, to have an identity of ourselves which was our priority, which is our priority
and which will always be our priority because both of us are very ambitious and our work
means everything to us so that's why I’m very happy about it and this is how I wanted to
people just talk to us about our work
Absolutely and you know I have known Aly since the start of his career one of the most hard-
working boys I’ve seen and you know you and him make an adorable pair. What stage of
relationship are you guys in right now? I am sure a lot of
people must be asking about marriage
A lot of people do ask but marriage isn’t happening right now, not for at least 4-5 years easily
because both of us have still not reached that goal where we think okay now we can you
know just give our complete time to each other, invest in each other so we are just investing
in career and what stage of relationship? In a very happy, stable stage where both of us really
you know empower each other like he gives me strength, he's like my backbone I am his,
there is insane amount of understanding and love and it’s great
Insane amount of love and travel also
Little bit. Because you know when we are in Bombay, we don't end up meeting each other
trust me because he stays far, I’m here we have our own schedules of our gym, our meetings,
our shoot and then we get tired. We just want to go back home and sleep because it's very
hectic so then we decide okay two days let’s go here at least we'll be able to spend some time
Now also he's there for a wedding. I am busy shifting so the city is
such we are together but can’t be together.
You mentioned you’ll have some goals. What are these goals that you’ll have for yourself?
The goals are to reach a stage where we are not worried about you know when you start a
family, when people get married, when they live with families there is certain amount of
investment of time and love and warmth that goes in and then your priorities get divided so
when we're doing that, we don't feel guilty that we are giving our profession this much time.
So right now, we just don't want to compromise on anything, just concentrate on profession.
So, we don’t know how much time will it take to reach that
stability, professional stability and then we'll think about it
That’ll be soon. I'm praying all the good vibes go out in the universe.
Thank you so much. Are you following Bigg Boss 15?
I was in between. Of course, it's everywhere.
Who's your favourite contestant, who are you rooting for?
Honestly, I’ll tell you I will not take name or favourite because I don’t have a favourite
contestant. I really don’t have and also, I have lived that journey I know everybody is
struggling somewhere. Some we see, some we don’t because people go through a lot inside
that house so no favourites, honestly but its entertaining.
Rakhi is here, Rashmi is there as well. So, it’s fun
The thing about your season was seniors had come on your show and one of them was
Siddharth Shukla who we lost this year unfortunately. Its his
birthday in a few days. How do you remember him today?
See he was, we worked together and for me it still becomes difficult to process his death. Day
before yesterday only I was watching something YouTube and suddenly you know his video
from the last series that he did, started playing, that song.
I remember him a guy with great sense of humour, smiling,
good friend but that loss has really affected me somewhere
Please take a moment
I don't talk about him because I’m still processing it
All of us, it was so sudden and it was so, it still feels unreal
Yeah. And also, it left us with a great message if we can get it that life is very unpredictable,
be the best version of yourself, don't hold grudges, be kind in whatever ways you can be
because we never know what is going to happen to us
You're very kind. I know that I can vouch for it
Okay last question. Acting like you said you miss acting now and I’m sure you're getting a lot
of film offers as well. What’s happening on that stage? Will we see you in a film?
Fingers crossed, hopefully we should because when I started my modelling career in
Bombay, I used to get a lot of offers but then I had few limitations which I still have and then
I got into television where I got great success and whatever I have is because of television
now yes after Bigg Boss again I’ve started getting a lot of calls I’m in the process of you
know listening scripts, now auditions phase to listening scripts phase is here
I also somewhere understand that people who love me, who are responsible for my growth,
for how far I have reached, they also expect something from me and I have to be very careful
in whatever I do next because it would be a thank you to those people who have made me
reach here where I am so I’m being very choosy and hopefully January onwards I will start
shooting and then I’ll announce what I’m shooting for but yes there are there is a movie on
cards, a regional one maybe and there are a couple of web series also if the dates work out
Lovely. I can't wait to see that and everything else
Yeah, so you will see me doing very different stuff
I can't wait. I can't wait to see
I can't wait to get back to acting
Very soon. But thank you so much Jasmin, this is a lovely conversation.
Same here. Thank you, thank you so much. Thanks.
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