[3] Respectfully known as the "king and queen of the Ghazal world," the husband and wife duo created some of the most successful Indian music of the 1970s and '80s.

After completing her education, she was married to Debo Prasad Dutta, an executive in a leading advertising agency.

[4] While still married to Debo Prasad, Chitra met Jagjit Singh, at that time a struggling singer.

Jagjit Singh was from a Punjabi Sikh Namdhari family and hailed from Sriganganagar in distant Rajasthan.

In 2005, Monica divorced Chowdhary and married British national Mark Houghton Roger Atkins, the managing director of a firm based in Vikhroli, Mumbai.