Mouni Roy on what’s in her bag

First up? The fundamentals: “All of us have a pockets,” she says. “I at all times have my books with me wherever I am going,” Mouni said, rapidly including that her books are sometimes exterior her bag—“as a result of the fats ones are actually tough to place in your purse. Proper now, I’m binge-ing, so I’m studying The Spy.” Books are clearly non-negotiable.

Then comes her self-care necessities. “I’ve my on a regular basis make-up with me… a sponge, a lip balm, this is essential, a lip tint… even if in case you have no make-up, darkish eyebrows and a little bit of tint in your cheeks and lips, and also you’re set.”

Mouni additionally retains a compact, kajal, liner, and a blusher brush, although she laments shedding her favorite tiny one. And should you’ve ever questioned how she maintains these immaculate tresses post-shoot, she’s ready: “A detangler… I’m going to detangle my hair after this interview.”

However nothing beats her impromptu hand fan second: “Brace your self, that is fancy!” she says, pulling out a guide fan. Why? As a result of “it’s actually scorching in Movie Metropolis or wherever outside once we shoot in Mumbai.”

“I’ve these charms that I preserve with myself at all times… I discovered this three to 4 years in the past on a seashore… should have come out of a little bit lady’s clip… I took that because the omen… some stones, fortunate stones, that I really feel give me good power and take away all of the negativity.” Amongst them is a tribute to her muse: “She’s no extra, however she is my all the pieces… Audrey Hepburn.”

For Mouni, writing issues: “I at all times have a pocket book… I’m a little bit of an old-school individual… I picked this pencil up from the Brontë sisters’ parsonage… I wrote just a few traces of Wuthering Heights with it.”

And, in fact, “Telephone, yeah, sorry, it’s crucial. And your headphones, to hearken to music once you’re travelling. The very first thing I do after I come out of an airport is placed on my headphones and hearken to music.”

Fragrance lovers, take be aware: “I like ouds; all types of ouds… this one is my on a regular basis, all-day, night time fragrance.” She even has miniature backups, clips, wipes, sanitiser, hand cream, strepsils (for that unhealthy throat), and… another person’s headphones? “I feel by mistake I’ve saved my brother’s headphones.”

To finish, she reveals her absolute necessities: “My lip balm, my elaichi, my charms, a pen, my fragrance, and a guide… and my playing cards. I might do with no pockets, however I would like my playing cards.” Speaking about her elaichi pouch, she mentioned, “I’m not a gum individual in any respect. And I like elaichi.”