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Early lifeMalaika was born to a Malayali mother and a Punjabi father. Her father Anil Arora 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. Malaika lived in Borla Society, opposite Basant Talkies before her modelling career. CareerWhen MTV India first started, Malaika was one of their VJs. She rose to an interviewer for MTV India, becoming the most prominent and hot non-movie, non-model female in urban India. MTV India, recognizing her potential gave her prominent roles co-anchoring with Cyrus Broacha the popular program Love Line and Style Check, at Award Functions and concert telecast on the television channel. From there, she went to the modeling world. Her modeling and TV careers are going strong. Malaika has appeared in numerous advertisements. She is seen in various item numbers or 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 whose director is the sister of Sajid, Farah Khan. Malaika also starred in the song Hont Rasiley in Welcome Personal lifeShe is married to the Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan whom she met during a coffee ad shoot. They have a son, Arhaan. Her sister is actor Amrita Arora, and her brothers-in-law are actors Salman Khan and Sohail Khan. Arbaaz said in an interview "She balances work, home and kid beautifully." Amrita said on the popular show Koffee With Karan that she doesn't know anyone in Bollywood who have maintained their body like Malaika has even after motherhood. At one point, she was romantically linked to John Abraham.
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