Malaika Arora

Malaika Arora is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ, and television presenter. She is most famous for her dancing in the songs "Chaiyya Chaiyya" and "Munni Badnaam Hui". 

Born: August 23, 1973, Chembur , Mumbai.

Height: 1.68 m

 

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 "Gur Naal Ishq Mitha" and item numbers such as “Chaiyya Chaiyya” in the 1998 Bollywood film Dil Se. 

In 2010, she featured in the item song "Munni Badnaam Hui" in the film Dabangg, which was produced by her husband Arbaaz Khan. On 12 March 2011, she helped set a world record with 1235 participants performing a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" which she led. 

She was the Taiwan Excellence celebrity endorser in 2012. She endorsed Dabur's 30-plus. She states that she never wanted to do acting. 

In 2014, she confirmed that she would make a cameo appearance in the Farah Khan - directed action comedy -drama film Happy New Year. The film released on 23 October 2014. 

Malaika was married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. They announced separation on 28 March 2016. Together they have a son, Arhaan, born on 9 November 2002.