Malaika Arora

 

Original Name:  Malaika Arora Khan
Date of Birth (Birthday):  11 September
Zodiac Sign:  Scorpio
Height:  5'6"
Hair Color:  Black
Birth Place:  India
Marital Status:  Married
Languages:  Hindi, English

Malaika Arora Khan, known as Malaika Arora before her marriage, is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ, and television presenter.^[2] She is one of India's top item girls. She is most famous for her dancing in the songs "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (1998) and "Munni Badnaam Hui" (2010). She turned film producer in 2008, with her husband, Arbaaz Khan. Their company Arbaaz Khan Productions released its first film, Dabangg, in 2010.^[3]

Khan was born as Malaika Arora on 23 October 1973 in Chembur, Mumbai to a Punjabi father, Anil Arora, a native of Indian border town Fazilka and a Malayali Catholic mother, Joyce Polycarp. Her father worked in the Merchant Navy.^{[4][better source needed]}

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 completed her college education from Jai Hind College, Churchgate. She lived in Borla Society, Chembur opposite Basant Talkies before starting her modeling career.[5

Khan was selected as one of the MTV VJs when MTV India started its operations. She rose to an interviewer for MTV India, becoming the most prominent non-movie, non-model female in urban India. MTV India, recognizing her potential, gave her plum roles co-anchoring with Cyrus Broacha the popular program Love Line and Style Check, at award ceremonies and concerts on the television channel.^[6] Khan then entered the modeling world. Her modeling career was equally successful. She appeared in many advertisements as well as cameos for song and item numbers in Bollywood films such as "Chaiyya Chaiyya" in the film Dil Se...^[6]

In 2005, she did another item number, "Kaal Dhamaal," in the film, Kaal. She did an item number in Mahesh Babu's Telugu film Athidhi. In 2007, she did a title song in Heyy Babyy directed by Sajid Khan and another popular song for Om Shanti Om' for Farah Khan. She also did an item number in the film, Welcome with Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor. In 2009 she was a Rishton Ke Parkhi in the Star Plus reality show called Lux Perfect Bride with Shekhar Suman and Amrita Rao.

In 2010, she featured in the superhit item song "Munni Badnaam Hui" in the film Dabangg, which was produced by her husband Arbaaz Khan.^[7] On 12 March 2011, she led a successful world record attempt in Melbourne, Australia, as part of the Bollywood and Beyond film festival. 1235 participants performed a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" with Malaika leading them from the stage.^[8]

She was the Taiwan Excellence celebrity endorser in 2012.^[9]

She endorsed Dabur's 30-plus.^[10]

She states that she never wanted to do acting.^[11]

Malaika will perform live alongside Atif Aslam, Shaan and Bipasha Basu for the first time in series of concerts in Birmingham and London^[12] in summer 2013.

Television

Arora Khan appeared in the television show Nach Baliye as one of the three judges.^[2] The show was aired on STAR One in mid-2005. She continued as a judge in Nach Baliye 2 which started airing in the last quarter of 2006. In this show, she performed many item numbers as an example for all contestants. She highly criticized Bakhtiyaar Irani for being arrogant in the show. She strongly mentioned that he should do a crash course on humility to improve his behaviour.

Khan appeared in the show Zara Nachke Dikha as a judge with the Indian actor Chunky Pandey on Star One.^[4]

Khan was seen as judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2010 with actress Madhuri Dixit and choreographer Remo D'Souza.^[13]

Malaika is on the judges panel in the show India's Got Talent.^[14]

Personal life

Malaika Arora Khan with husband Arbaaz Khan at the wedding of her sister Amrita Arora.

Khan 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 Superstar Salman Khan and Bollywood actor-director-producer Sohail Khan. Her father-in-law is the famous scriptwriter Salim Khan.^[2]

Filmography

Film Producer

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2010	Dabangg	Hindi	Filmfare Award for Best Film National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
2012	Dabangg 2	Hindi

Acting career

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Aaja Meri Jaan
2000	Bichhoo	Kiran	Cameo appearance
2001	Indian		Cameo appearance
2002	Maa Tujhhe Salaam		Cameo appearance
2002	Kaante	Lisa
2008	EMI	Nancy
2009	Helloo India		Cameo appearance
2010	Housefull	Pooja	Cameo appearance
2012	Housefull 2	Sarla/Hetal/Anarkali	Cameo appearance

 

Item Numbers

Year	Film	Language	Song
1998	Dil Se..	Hindi	"Chaiyya Chaiyya"
2005	Kaal	Hindi	"Kaal Dhamaal"
2007	Heyy Babyy	Hindi	"Heyy Babyy"
2007	Athidhi	Telugu	"Rathraina"
2007	Om Shanti Om	Hindi	"Deewangi Deewangi"
2007	Welcome	Hindi	"Hoth Rasiley"
2010	Prem Kaa Game	Hindi	"I Wanna Fall Fall in Love"
2010	Dabangg	Hindi	"Munni Badnaam Hui"
2012	Gabbar Singh	Telugu	"Kevvu Keka"
2012	Housefull 2	Hindi	"Anarkali Disco Chali"
2012	Dabangg 2	Hindi	"Pandey Ji"

 

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Channel
2005	Nach Baliye 1	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	STAR Plus
2006	Nach Baliye 2	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	STAR Plus
2008	Zara Nachke Dikha	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	STAR One
2008	Dhoom Macha De	Herself / Host	Indian Reality TV	NDTV Imagine
2009	Lux Perfect Bride	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	STAR Plus
2010	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	Colors
2011	Nachle Ve With Saroj Khan	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	NDTV Imagine
2012	India's Got Talent 4	Herself / Judge	Indian Reality TV	Colors