Monica Bedi Height, Weight, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Monica Bedi
Profession	Actress and Television Presenter
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 59 kg in Pounds- 130 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	34-28-34
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Dyed Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 January 1976 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	49 Years
Birth Place	Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
School	Not Known
College/ University	Oxford University, United Kingdom
Educational Qualification	B.A. in Acting
Debut	Film (Hindi): Surakshaa (1995) Film (Telugu): Taj Mahal (1995) Film (Bengali): Jabab Dihi (1998) Film (Kannada): Nannaseya Hoove (1999) Film (Tamil): Devadasiyin Kathai (2011) Film (Nepali): Parichaya (2012) Film (Punjabi): Sirphire (2012) TV: Saraswatichandra (2013)
Family	Father- Prem Kumar Bedi (Doctor) Mother- Shakuntala Bedi Brother- Bobby Bedi Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Swimming
Favourite Things
Favourite Actor	Salman Khan
Favourite Musician	Lata Mangeshkar
Favourite Director	Yash Chopra
Favourite Food	Crabs, fish
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Abu Salem (Gangster)
Husband/Spouse	N/A

Some Lesser Known Facts About Monica Bedi

She was just three when her parents had moved to Drammen, Norway in 1979. Though his father used to practice as a doctor in India, he has now been running a cloth shop in Norway along with Monica’s brother.

After completing her under graduation, she moved to United Kindom in 1992, where she studied Literature at the Oxford University. She simultaneously pursued her acting education from Delhi University which got completed in 1995.

In 2002, Monica along with her partner Abu Salem was arrested in Portugal on the charges of entering the country on forged documents. An Indian Court in 2006 convicted her for getting a Passport issued having a fictitious name “Fouzia from Bhopal” printed on it. The judgment of the lower court was upheld by the Supreme Court of India in November 2010, but her jail term was reduced to the period she had served till then.

She wrote a letter to Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, in November 2004, in which she revealed that she was introduced to Abu Salem as “Arsalan Ali” during a stage show in Dubai. He was supposedly a businessman from Pakistan. It took her quite a lot of time to discover that the one with whom she shared her life was a married gangster and also had a child. She also had confided to him that how the producer Mukesh Duggal used and abused her to land her some filming project. The producer was later shot dead by her underworld partner. But it was more than late that she could step back from the relationship she had with one of the gangsters who moved Mumbai in 1993.

She appeared as one of the contestants in the season 2 of Bigg Boss, an Indian TV reality show. Bedi remained in the show till third out of the total 14 weeks before she was eliminated because of public voting.

If reports are to be believed, Abu Salem landed her a big project, Jodi No.1 which was directed by David Dhawan. The film had starred some of the most renowned actors like Sanjay Dutt, Twinkle Khanna, and Govinda. Sanjay Dutt was unhappy with getting a film partner in the name of Monica and had decided to quit the film when just a “polite threat” from Salem changed his mind. Dutt was ordered to not hold Monica too firmly during the romantic scenes. This spine-chilling ultimatum of Salem was more than enough to make everyone alert on the shooting sets.

Monica was one of the prominent contestants of the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa (Season 3) premiered on Sony TV in early 2009.