Monicaaa... (not) industry’s darling!

Had Monica Bedi not run away with Abu Salem it would���ve been her 13th year in Bollywood.
The actress who started her career with the film Suraksha in 1995 is back in Bollywood and ready to struggle to find a place for herself. But it is certainly not going to be easy for the actress.
It has been over a year the actress is out of jail, but has still not been able to sign a single film.Says a trade pundit, ���No producer wants to take the risk of signing a don���s girlfriend. How much ever Monica tries to disown Abu Salem, he will continue to follow her. Just recently he sent a legal notice to her about the marriage she is denying.���
When Abu Salem was a free man and extorted money from Bollywood, he did manage to get Monica work. ���Producers feared for their lives, most of them were forced to sign Monica on gun point. Now Salem is in jail, but still keeps a tab on Monica which scares the industry,��� says an industry insider. Guddu Dhanoa was the only director to sign Monica Bedi when she expressed her desire to return to Bollywood. But, says a senior director, ���The project did not take off as no one was ready to help in the production work. Besides, several business managers were even approached to look after Monica���s work but all of them turned down the offer. Nobody wants to get into trouble with the police.���
Forget films, nobody wanted to even rent out a house to Monica in the Western suburbs. The actress only could manage a rented house in Mulund. When the actress complained about not getting a house in the western suburbs, Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam ��� who was her inmate in Big Boss��� house ��� managed to get her a house in Goregaon. Says an insider, ���The landlord is facing problems from the cops who keep calling them every second day for verification of papers. Imagine if any of us from the film industry signs her?���
While the industry is scared of the cops, Monica is not. When told that the Intelligence Bureau was keeping tabs on her, she said, ���Let them follow me. At least then they will know the truth.��� Reacting to Mumbai police���s decision to go through the unedited tapes of Big Boss, she said, ���They are more than welcome to do so. I have no fear.��� Monica has already claimed that she has offers from a lot of producers from the South Indian film industry and is in talks with big banners in Mumbai, but is not interested in doing a film on her life.
���I am writing my autobiography now, only after that will I decide on the film on my life.��� But industry insiders feel that Monica is not really hot in the film industry. ���There are a lot of fresh faces in the industry and it is not going to be easy for her to make a place for herself here,��� says a source.
But Monica is not ready to give up. ���I am ready to struggle. I needed a platform to clear my name and thankfully I got Big Boss to do it,��� she says.