Monica Bedi

Monica is a Capricornian, born on January 18th 1975 in the Village of

Chabbewal in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. Her dad's name

is Prem Kumar Bedi, her mom's name is Shakuntala (nee Chawla), she has a

brother, Bobby, who was married in 1998 to a girl from Tanda near

Hoshiarpur. Her dad was a registered medical practitioner. In 1976 the

Bedi family immigrated to Norway to start their own garment business. At

that time Monica was 10 months old.

In 1992 Monica traveled to

study English Literature in England's Oxford University. It is here that

she met with Bollywood film actor-producer, Manoj Kumar.

Shortly

thereafter she traveled to Bombay and met with another film producer,

Mukesh Duggal, and was reported to have suffered considerable abuse at

his hands. Mukesh Duggal was subsequently killed.

It was through Abu Salem's contacts that Monica was able to get some acting roles, beginning with a movie in Telugu.

She

did return to her hometown in 1995 and it was during this time that

bandits attacked and killed her grandparents, severely injuring her mom.

Shakuntala decided to live with her brother, Krishan Chawla in Delhi,

and refused to re-locate to Norway. Her husband, her son and his family,

as well as nephews, nieces, and sister-in-law, Kanta, re-located to