Monica Dogra’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Monica Dogra is an American singer and actress of Indian origin. She is one half of the Mumbai-based electronic rock duo Shaa’ir and Func. She made her acting debut in the Bollywood film Dhobi Ghat (2011).

Early life

Monica Dogra is the daughter of Indian immigrants. Her maternal uncle is Dogri folk music singer Prakash Sharma. She grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Oakleigh Elementary School, Montessori, Dulaney High School, and NYU. She attended NYU from 2000–2004, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Music.

Career

In 2005, she formed< the electronic rock group “Shaa’ir+Func”, along with guitarist Randolph Correia. In 2007, they released their first album New Day: The Love Album, followed by Light Tribe in 2008 and Mantis in 2010. She also sang a song “Dooriyan Bhi Hai Zaroori” with Vishal Dadlani in the film Break Ke Baad and the theme song in English (with Shahid Mallya) for the film Inkaar.

She has made a guest appearance in Rock On!!. In 2008, she was approached by Kiran Rao for the lead role in Rao’s directorial debut film Dhobi Ghat – a role Dogra initially turned down, but eventually accepted. In December 2011, she served as a judge for Rolling Stone’s Never Hide Sounds musical talent contest. She is the host of The Dewarists, a musical collaborative show on STAR World India. In 2013, she performed with award-winning violinist Scott Tixier, for a series of shows sponsored by Dos Equis around the US.

In March 2014, she was featured on the cover page of FHM Magazine. In March 2013 and in May 2015 she was featured on the cover and had a pictorial in Maxim India Magazine.

She is now one of the judges for the show The Stage alongside Vishal Dadlani.

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