‘Monisha would have been better dancer than her, she had another desire in life’

Sridevi Unni, mother of late actress and dancer Monisha has opened up about her daughter's acting style. She said that if her daughter was alive, she would have been a better dancer than Shobana. Her demise is still affecting her deeply, she said while talking to a YouTube channel.

‘There was always a divine element in her daughter. Monisha always knew what to say to everyone. She replies to everyone with a smile. She had never said anything unpleasant about me in front of others. M T Vasudevan Nair was also a good friend of her. They used to talk on the phone frequently. MT has told my husband that he calls to hear her laughing.

Vineeth, Manoj K Jayan and Rahman are like my own children. Their smile and Monisha’s are the same. I wanted to do many things which I could not do through my daughter. When I was a child, I had told my mother that I wanted to act in films. I made my daughter act when she was 14. My relatives were sad that I made her act in films. I acted in Monisha's film for the first time and she didn't like it.

I saw myself through her. I am also a big fan of my daughter. I lived for her. My son also says the same thing. I still don't know how I survived my daughter's death. I am still alive because of my son's support. She didn’t act in films to make money. It was because of my love for art. Now I live in a fantasy world.

I live in the pain of losing my daughter till this moment. I don't show it to others. My daughter is an artist. A unique artist. If she was alive today, she would have become a greater dancer than Shobana. Many were afraid of her. She liked doing technical things more than acting in films. She wanted to operate the camera. She wanted to become a child psychologist in life,’ said Sridevi Unni.