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 ...
