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Monica Bedi talks about Abu Salem!

In a bare all interview before she went into the Bigg Boss house

By CNN-IBN . Sep 02, 2008

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Bigg Boss 2 participant Monica Bedi is in the news again. This time for an interview that she gave to a local daily days before stepping into the Bigg Boss house.

In the interview, Monica Bedi talks about her relationship with gangster Abu Salem - how she met him and fell in love with him.

According to Monica Bedi's interview, Salem at first had introduced himself to her as Arsalan Ali and it was only after she started living with him that she realised that they were very different.

Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who was a surprise participant in the reality show before he was evicted had declared he would help Monica in purchasing a house in Mumbai.

"When we get out of this show, I will get you a house in Lokhandwala where all the Bollywood people stay or anywhere else you want," Nirupam had stated in an episode.

He made her the promise when Monica spoke about her dire need for money to buy a house in India's financial capital. She also shared her ordeal in dealing with people in Mumbai, who are wary of her due to her proximity to Abu Salem

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Originally posted by: MiniRulz

Monica Bedi's story: My Romance with Abu Salem

If you have been watching Bigg Boss in the hope that its housemate Monica Bedi will reveal details about her romance with gangster Abu Salem, you would be a trifle disappointed. But the actress has finally told her story to Showtime magazine, in its latest issue which hits stands today. For the first time, Monica breaks her silence on her life with Abu Salem, life in prison and her makeover to Ashwin Varde of Showtime magazine. We present an excerpt: I was at a common friend's house the night the first episode of Bigg Boss was being telecast. A few of us, all die-hard fans of the show (nothing satiates our voyeuristic instincts like this one), couldn't help cracking up even as Rahul Mahajan crowned himself the in-house guide and Ketaki Dave donned her maternal make-up. Sometime then, our host got a call from a close relative. On hearing the commotion around, he told my friend, "You can make fun of everyone. But don't say anything about Monica Bedi. You don't want to land up in trouble."

It was a casual comment that set me thinking, especially since I'd met Monica just the evening before she headed for the Bigg Boss house. The fear that comes along with her name is daunting and that really surprises me. Here's a woman, perhaps in her 30s, trying to live a new life. It's not about making a comeback anymore; for her, it's all about being accepted by the people she once mingled with. But somehow, her past keeps coming back to remind her of the harrowing times she's been through.

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