Saturday, August 9, 2008

Malaika Arora Khan


Malaika Arora Khan is a model, Indian VJ and a Bollywood actress.Early lifeMalaika was born to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her father worked in the merchant navy. Malaika completed her tenth grade from Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur (Mumbai). Her Aunt Grace Polycarp was the principal of that school. She is also an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane where she had studied until ninth grade. Malaika lived in Borla Society, opposite Basant Talkies before her modelling career.CareerMalaika was started her career as a VJ and went on to become the most prominent and non-movie, non-model female in urban India. She then entered the modeling and her modeling career was equally successful.Malaika has appeared in many advertisements as well as cameos for song and dance sequences, such as Chaiyya Chaiyya in the film Dil Se and Maahi Ve in Kaante. She has since then focused on her career as a model and television anchor.In 2005, she did another item number, Kaal Dhamaal in the movie Kaal. Recently she also did an item in Prince Mahesh Babu's Athidhi. In 2007, she did a title song in Heyy Babyy directed by Sajid Khan and another popular song for Om Shanti Om. Malaika also starred in the song Hoth Rasiley in the movie Welcome.Personal lifeShe is married to Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. Together they have a son, Arhaan. Her sister is actor Amrita Arora, and her brothers-in-law are actors, Salman Khan and Sohail Khan. At one point, she was romantically linked with John Abraham.
Filography
Aaja Meri Jaan
Dil Se
Bichhoo
Indian
Kaante
Maa Tujhhe Salaam
Kaal
Heyy Babyy
Athidhi
Om Shanti Om
Welcome
EMI
Nach Baliye
Malaika also appeared in the television show Nach Baliye as one of the 3 judges and the show aired on STAR One in mid-2005, and she continued as a judge in Nach Baliye 2 that started airing in the last quarter of 2006.

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