Malaika Arora

Biography

Born to a Punjabi father and Malayali Catholic mother, Malaika Arora started as a MTV VJ when MTV was launched in India. Recognizing her potential, MTV India gave her prime time roles in their shows “Love Line” and “Style Check”. She also hosted award ceremonies and concerts on the television channel. After her stint with MTV, Malaika ventured into modeling and became successful in this field too. She has bagged numerous advertisements and item numbers in Bollywood. “Chaiyya Chaiyya” and “Munni Badnaam Hui” are some of her amazing hits. Malaika is married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. Together they have a son, Arhaan. Her sister is actress Amrita Arora, and her brothers-in-law are Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Bollywood actor-director-producer Sohail Khan. Her father-in-law is the famous scriptwriter Salim Khan. She appeared as one of the judges in television dance shows “Nach Baliye” along with choreographer Saroj Khan and actor-director-singer Farhan Akhtar, “Nach Baliye 2” with Saroj Khan and director Kunal Kohli, “Zara Nachke Dikha” along with actor Chunkey Pandey and “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” with actress Madhuri Dixit and choreographer Remo D’Souza.