1. Malaika Arora was born on 23 October 1973 and is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ and television personality who appears in Hindi-language films.
23 Facts About Malaika Arora
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Malaika Arora made her debut as a film producer in 2008 with her former husband Arbaaz Khan, founding the company Arbaaz Khan Productions, which created the Dabangg film series.
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Malaika Arora performed in the songs Chaiyya Chaiyya, Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha, Maahi Ve, Kaal Dhamaal and Munni Badnaam Hui.
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Malaika Arora was named after the Swahili word malaika meaning "angel".
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Malaika Arora's mother, Joyce Polycarp, is a Malayali Christian, and her father, Anil Arora, was a Punjabi Hindu from the Indian border town of Fazilka who worked in the Indian Merchant Navy.
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Malaika Arora's parents divorced when she was 11 years old, and she moved to Chembur with her sister Amrita and mother, who raised them as a single mom.
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Malaika Arora's father shared a respectful relationship with the family.
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Malaika Arora completed her secondary education at Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur.
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Malaika Arora is an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane, where she studied until ninth grade.
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Malaika Arora pursued her college education at Jai Hind College, Churchgate, but did not complete it on account of professional engagements.
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Malaika Arora lived in Borla Society, Chembur opposite Basant Talkies before starting her modelling career.
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Malaika Arora worked as an interviewer, hosting shows such as Club MTV, and later co-hosting the shows Love Line and Style Check with Cyrus Broacha.
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Malaika Arora was the Taiwan Excellence celebrity endorser in 2012.
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Malaika Arora performed live alongside Atif Aslam, Shaan and Bipasha Basu in a series of concerts at LG Arena in Birmingham and The O2 Arena in London.
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Malaika Arora appeared on the television show Nach Baliye as one of the three judges.
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Malaika Arora continued as a judge in Nach Baliye 2, which began airing in late 2006.
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Malaika Arora appeared on the show Zara Nachke Dikha as a judge on STAR One.
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Malaika Arora was a judge on the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2010.
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Malaika Arora is on the judges panel in the show India's Got Talent.
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Malaika Arora was the judge and host of the MTV Supermodel of the Year in 2019, and a judge of India's Best Dancer in 2020.
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Malaika Arora was married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan in 1998, after she met him during a coffee ad shoot.
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Malaika Arora entered into a relationship with actor Arjun Kapoor in 2016.
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Malaika Arora was taken to the Apollo Hospital in Navi Mumbai where she received stitches.