Mouni Roy, who has won millions of hearts with her performance in Naagin, spoke about her health issues in a recent interview before signing for the show. Mouni Roy rose to fame after playing the lead role in Ektaa Kapoor’s fantasy fiction hit Naagin.

Mouni Roy recently appeared on Mashable India where she spoke about her personal life, her life before becoming an actress, her family, her professional achievements, her future plans and much more. During this conversation, the actress revealed how serious her health condition was before she signed on for her breakthrough series Naagin.

Mouni Roy recalls facing health issues: 

Mouni Roy recalled her time before her participation in Naagin and revealed: “Before Naagin began, I was in a phase where I thought my life was over. It’s not that grim, grave, or sad. I was just severely unwell. I finished Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 and I had L4-L5 complete slipped degeneration and scoliosis on my spine, and couldn’t stand straight.” 

Talking about the bad phase, the actress explained: “I had put on, I don’t know how many kgs. It wasn’t in a good way because I was on some 30 pills a day and injections sometimes. I had taken epidural in my spine. It was a very very bad time. I was bedridden for about 3 months and this is when I got a call for Naagin.”

Mouni revealed that she was hesitant to sign on Naagin because she had previously worked on the mythological series Devon Ke Dev… had worked on the mythological serial Devon Ke Dev. Mahadev. After saying this, she said, “I had already done Mahadev by then so I was like maybe I shouldn’t be doing another fantasy fiction.”

Mouni Roy says how she bagged Naagin

The Brahmastra actress stated, “I still remember Varun had called me from Balaji. He said, ‘You come and meet, you meet the team, you meet ma’am and see.’ When I met Ma’am, the way she narrated it’s unbelievable. She was very passionate about this project.” Moreover, she mentioned: “I had already gotten my brief so I went to meet. I had requested something like ‘Can I meet Ektaa ma’am to kind of decide whether I should do it or not.’ In 10 minutes I was like, “I really want to do it.”

Mouni expressed her gratitude to Ektaa Kapoor by saying: “It was supposed to be a limited series. It was supposed to be a three-month thing but it went on for 10 months in the first season. 11 months in the second season and then they did seven seasons so far. Such a blessed show I feel because this show has given everybody so much and I will forever be grateful to Ektaa Ma’am for Naagin.”

Naagin, a fantasy fiction series starring Arjun Bijlani, was a huge hit. Mouni and Arjun starred in the first season of Naagin, which aired from 2015 to 2016. July 2023 marked the conclusion of the sixth season of Naagin, which starred Tejasswi Prakash in the title role.