Monica Bedi
Monica Bedi (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian actress and television presenter. She debuted in Hindi films in the mid-1990s and her notable work includes Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat and Jodi No.1. She is known for participating in Bigg Boss 2 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 and playing Gumaan Kaur Vyas in Star Plus's show Saraswatichandra. Early life Bedi is a Punjabi and was born 18 January 1975to Prem Kumar Bedi and Shakuntala Bedi in the village Chabbewal, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. Her parents moved to Drammen, Norway in 1979. She completed her education from Delhi University in 1995. Prison Sentence In September 2002, Bedi and Abu Salem, an Indian gangster were arrested and later served prison sentences in Portugal for entering the country on forged documents. In 2006, an Indian Court convicted Bedi for procuring a passport on a fictitious name. In November 2010, the Supreme Court of India upheld her conviction but reduced the prison sentence to the period that she had already served. Various newspaper including magazines had reported that Abu used his criminal power to get roles for Monica Bedi in Bollywood. Career Bedi got her first role in Telugu language film Taj Mahal (1995), produced