Malaika Arora who is one of the hottest divas in the industry today. Her fans are no less. The 40-plus actress is quite famous for her fitness and hot looks and gets trolled every day in this affair. She has made a special place in the industry with Top Item Girl and Dance. Everyone knows that she was the daughter-in-law of the Khan family and has also been running her own production company along with her husband Arbaaz. Movies like Dabangg Dabangg 2 are from her productions but she is no longer a part of Salman Khan's family. Both Arbaaz and Malaika have parted ways. Malaika is cool in her life with Arjun Kapoor but do you know Malaika Arora's background. Very few people know that Malaika was not from any filmy background but from a common middle-class family. She made her place in the industry on her own. Let us tell you the background story of Malaika.
Malaika was born in Thane, Maharashtra
Although Malaika was born in Thane, Maharashtra, but was brought up in Chembur, neither her mother nor father was from Mumbai. She was only 11 years old when Malaika's parents separated. Malaika's father Anil Arora belongs to a Punjabi family and was from Fazilka, a village near the Indian border, which is from Punjab. Anil Arora has worked in the merchant navy but Malaika's mother, Joyce Polycarp, is not Punjabi but Malayali. It is said that she has been a social activist, although she stays away from the limelight. She is Catholic. After the divorce, she and her sister Amrita Arora had to spend the rest of their lives with their mother. Her mother Joyce had shifted to Chembur with her daughters.
Malaika did her schooling at Swami Vivekananda's school in Chembur, where her aunt Grace was the principal of Polycarp School. She is an alumnus of Holy Cross High School, Thane from where she studied till class IX. She completed her college education at Jai Hind College, Churchgate. After this, she came to make a career in the line of modeling.
Has worked as a video jockey on MTV
Although not many know that Malaika first worked as a video jockey on MTV. Along with getting work here, she also stepped into the modeling world and soon she started appearing in advertisements, after which one of her songs 'Gur Naal Ishq Meetha' came which gave her a new identity. Meanwhile, one of her item songs Chhaiyya-Chaiyya was also released which was well-liked. After that, she got to do item numbers in many films. Her item song Munni Badnaam Hui made a world record. On 12 March 2011, 1235 people performed together on this song and also made a world record. After this Malaika also acted as a judge in many television shows. She appeared as a judge in reality shows like Nach Baliye, India Got Talent, Zara Nachke Dikha, and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. In this way, Malaika, who came from a non-film background, made her own identity and worked for a long time.
Malaika's net worth is Rs 100 crore
Talking about her net worth today, according to the reports, she is worth Rs 100 crores. It is said that she earns about Rs 60 lakh every month and her annual income is said to be Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore. Talking about her personal life, she dated Arbaaz Khan for a long time and got married in the year 1998 but they got divorced on 11th May 2017. Both had met each other through an ad. Both have a son Arhaan Khan, but after 18 years, due to some family problems, both of them got divorced. It is said that according to Malaika, Salman did not like her dressing sense, while Arbaaz was investing money in betting, while his career was also not special. Due to this their paths parted.
After that Malaika's name was associated with Arjun Kapoor and both of them also made their relationship known. Often both are seen spending time together on vacations.
