Even before she was 19, she had entered a partnership in a consultancy business, and was renowned as an insurance and career consultant in her city.Īlthough she considers herself tremendously lucky for coming across opportunities and good people at the right times, Monal ruefully admits that she had to pay the price – by the way of health setbacks – for her frenetic work schedules. Shuttling back and forth between the glam world and her corporate day jobs – as financial strains kept her tied to fixed salaries – Monal worked relentlessly, grooming her personality and communication skills to the tee. Gujarat Smile title, despite such a daunting competition – is our lovely Real Woman this month. This damsel, whose guileless smile won hearts and awards – making her win Ms. Here is a girl who wore a Churidar Suit to her first audition (at the age of 16) – as she competed – armed with little else except her supreme self-confidence – against umpteen hot-pants clad pretty-young-things. Her natural grace and girl-next-door image, established through her career as an actress in the South Indian film industry and in the contemporary Gujarati cinema, gels excellently with the subtle designer saree she chose for the shoot. Someone from whom we all can learn cardinal lessons, despite her young age, Monal loves Sarees and Indian outfits, as she feels utterly at ease in them. Monal is our lovely #ReWo Real Woman this month – who’s relationship with life and Sarees is worth celebrating. The portal aims to touch the lives women, bringing them heart-warming tales of strength, fortitude and faith – via some inspiring Saree ambassadors – women, who have made it, through sheer will, hard work and sincerity. Project ReWo – Sarees for Real Women has been started by Asopalav’s online entity. Instrumental in drawing us to her – making her our stunning #ReWo Star – the exalting journey of this beautiful-inside-out Real Woman is an inspiration – especially and critically to the ones, who would rather take a step as drastic and cataclysmal as suicide or crime, instead of taking on the life’s challenges! To keep the flavor of the shoot in line with the subtle personality of this beautiful actress and her inspiring journey, agency Vogue Studio and its chief photographer Mittal Shah kept the lighting and backdrops au natural! Monal’s ‘Humble Beginnings lead to Great Glory’ story is an inspiring tale – that must be told with fitting expression. In this gorgeous single hued, speckled with stardust, embellished net saree by Asopalav, Monal looks like a Real Life Goddess that she is! Monal and the photography agency Vogue Studio worked hard for this photo-shoot – and the gorgeous results are for you to see. From working for films in alien languages, where she spent nights cramming her scripts – to working tirelessly to bag a career offer with ING Vysya bank, much against the minimum-age norms – this resilient teenager just did not stop. An unrelenting crusade against life’s impediments led her through shifty troughs and crests at a break-neck speed. In her class XII, Monal took on the responsibility of supporting her family’s failing financial situation. Monal Gajjar, beautiful film actress from Gujarat’s heartland – Ahmedabad, was never prepared to start her career with a bank – full-time, before life threw a hurtling googly at her, in form of her father’s unexpected death. Innocence – the bubble she was forced to exit – when life catapulted her overnight – to a whirlpool of responsibility. A determined, dedicated winner, who beat odds to work successfully in an industry whose language she doesn’t speak – Or achieve a career triumph at an age, when all she should have been doing was studying, laughing and living her life of innocence and sweetness. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”Ī 16 year old girl, jolted out of her world of security and comfort, at a tender age and a crucial time – one who must have inwardly uttered ‘Never say die’, when her class XII preparations were thwarted unfortunately by a painful tragedy.
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