Malaika Arora | |
---|---|
Born |
Thane, Maharashtra, India |
23 October 1973
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Malaika Khan Malaika Arora |
Occupation | Actress, Dancer, Model, VJ, Television presenter |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse(s) | Arbaaz Khan (m. 1998; div. 2016) |
Children | Arhaan Khan (b. 2002) |
Relatives |
|
Malaika Arora (born 23 October 1973), known as Malaika Arora before her marriage, is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ, and television presenter. She is most famous for her dancing in the songs "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (1998), "Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha" (1998), "Maahi Ve" (2002), "Kaal Dhamaal" (2005) and "Munni Badnaam Hui" (2010). She turned into a film producer in 2008, with her former husband,Arbaaz Khan. Their company Arbaaz Khan Productions has released films like Dabangg (2010) and Dabangg 2 (2012). which were blockbuster hits.
Malaika Arora was born in Thane, Maharashtra. Her parents divorced when she was 11 years old and she shifted to Chembur with her mother and sister Amrita. Her mother, Joyce Polycarp, is a Malayali Catholic and her father, Anil Arora, was a Punjabi native to the Indian border town of Fazilka, who worked in the Merchant Navy.
She completed her secondary education at Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur. Her aunt, Grace Polycarp, was the principal of the school. She is also an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane where she studied until ninth grade. She pursued her college education from Jai Hind College, Churchgate but did not complete it on account of professional engagements. She lived in Borla Society, Chembur opposite Basant Talkies before starting her modelling career.
Malaika was selected as one of the MTV VJs when MTV India started its operations becoming an interviewer and later co-anchoring with Cyrus Broacha the programs Love Line and Style Check. Malaika then entered the modelling world, appearing in many advertisements, for album songs like Bally Sagoo's "Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha" opposite Jas Arora and item numbers such as "Chaiyya Chaiyya" in the 1998 Bollywood film Dil Se...