The glitzy, glamorous Bollywood world is a fickle industry to be in. One’s relationship can work or against in their career. An actress whose career went down the hill was Monica Bedi who garnered significant attention in the 90s for her relationship with the dreaded gangster Abu Salem.
Monica Bedi hails from Punjab and made her debut in Hindi films in 1995 and is recognized for her work in movies like Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, Jodi No.1, Zanjeer, and Jaanam Samjha Karo among others. In addition to this, she also worked in several reality shows on television like Bigg Boss 2, and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3, and received immense appreciation for her TV show, Saraswatichandra.
Apart from Bollywood, she has also worked in regional industries like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and Punjabi. Despite being a popular actress of the 90s, she hogged the limelight for her relationship with the dreaded gangster Abu Salem.
While the relationship wasn’t all, she also had several criminal charges framed against her. From being arrested with Salem in Lisbon in 2002 for traveling on a fake passport, to being held guilty of submitting forged documents for procuring a passport; Monica grabbed headlines in the early 2000s for all the wrong reasons.
Talking about her relationship with the gangster in an earlier interview published by Filmfare, Bedi had revealed meeting Salem in Dubai in 1998 where he initially introduced himself as a businessman by a different name. In a period of nine months of talking over the call, the duo fell in love, and it was only later that Salem revealed his actual identity.
In an interview with Siddharth Kannan last year, Bedi admitted that her past continues to impact her “future prospects” to date. “Yes, because of my past, there are a lot of obstacles in my life. I’m sure that people have this hesitation of working with me, because of my past,” she had said, further expressing her dilemma on how to address their concerns. The actress noted she doesn’t meet people enough to tell her side of the story.
Monica has been away from lights, cameras, and action, yet remains quite active on her social media. She continues to make public appearances across the world.
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