Mona Singh teases rule-breaking UK project with Vikas Bahl
Mona Singh has shared Cotswolds BTS photos from a Vikas Bahl-directed film set in early-1990s Britain, tracing the UK Punjabi music movement.
Mona Singh has begun teasing her next big-screen chapter from the Cotswolds. The actor, known for Made in Heaven, Laal Singh Chaddha, 3 Idiots and the recent Kohrra season 2, shared a set of behind-the-scenes pictures that place her next project firmly in the UK.
What Mona shared
The images were posted on Mona Singh’s Instagram. In her caption she made the project’s intent clear: the team has, in her words, “thrown out the old rule book.” She wrote that the film feels special and unprecedented.
The location is the Cotswolds, but the story reaches a wider UK canvas. The project is reportedly directed by Vikas Bahl, best known for Queen. It is set in Britain in the early 1990s and traces the rise of the UK Punjabi music movement — a time when a generation growing up between cultures built a sound from garages, backrooms, pirate radio stations and underground gigs.
Who is in it
- Jimmy Shergill
- Siddhant Chaturvedi
- Mona Singh
- Alizeh Agnihotri
The mix of Indian and international actors and musicians points to the cross-cultural story the film wants to tell.
A career built by saying no
Mona has spoken about her career in a 40-60 split: the industry provides the soil, the script and the platform, while 60 per cent is what she does with those opportunities. The real shift, she has said, started when she began saying no to 90 per cent of the shows offered to her.
That selectiveness is visible in her recent choices. After becoming a household name with Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin in 2003, she moved through Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada before taking roles in Laal Singh Chaddha, Made in Heaven and Kohrra. Each of those later parts used her differently, rather than repeating a familiar beat.
The same instinct may be guiding this new project. Instead of being positioned as a straightforward star vehicle, the film leans on an era, a music movement and an ensemble of Indian and international actors and musicians — the kind of framework that gives Mona a character, not just a lead.
Why this story is interesting
The early-1990s UK Punjabi music scene is still largely untouched by Indian cinema. A film set there has built-in drama, music and identity politics — young people raised between two cultures turned to pirate radio and underground gigs because mainstream platforms did not make room for them. That is a story that travels beyond one fan base.
For now there is no title or release date. The practical step is simple: follow Mona Singh’s Instagram for the next behind-the-scenes drop, and keep an eye on Vikas Bahl’s updates as the project takes shape.
Source: Mid-day
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