Meghna Malik

Early life and family

Malik was born and brought up in Sonipat in a Jat family. Her mother Kamlesh Malik is a retired college principal, while her father Raghuvir Singh Malik (d. 2020) was an English professor. Her younger sister Mimansha is a senior anchor and producer with Zee News. She completed her master's degree in English after which she moved to Delhi, where she did an acting course from the National School of Drama, graduating in 1997. She is a Mumbai resident from 2000.

She married film actor Riju Bajaj, the son of theatre director Ram Gopal Bajaj and maternal grandson of music director Khemchand Prakash, in 2000. Her sister, Mimansa Malik, is a television news anchor and journalist.

Career

Malik played the leading role of Ammaji in television series Na Aana Is Des Laado (2009–2012). She also had supporting roles in several movies, including Chalte Chalte, Kuch Naa Kaho, and Taare Zameen Par.

In 2017, she was signed up to reprise her role as Ammaji in Laado 2. She quits the show in 2018, while the show went off air the same year.

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

Awards

• 2010: Gold Awards - Best Actress in Negative Role (Female) - Na Aana Is Des Laado
• 2022 : 67th Filmfare Awards – Best Supporting Actress Saina (Nominated)

References

References

1. (15 September 2019). "Na Aana Iss Des Laado actor Meghna Malik on young female actors ageing on screen: 'Step out the day it gets boring'". Hindustan Times.
2. Neha Maheshwari. (28 August 2012). "I am not a feminist: Meghna Malik". The Times of India.
3. (21 May 2018). "Meghna: 'Laado 2's going off air is almost like the sinking of the Titanic". The Times of India.
4. (4 February 2020). "Actress Meghna Malik and sister Mimansha shoulder father's bier and the two brothers-in-law offer the confession". [[Amar Ujala]]+access-date=2 March 2022.
5. (6 October 2016). "Delhi keeps calling me back, says actor Meghna Malik". [[Hindustan Times]].
6. (14 January 2011). "Meghna Malik has a compulsive disorder". Hindustan Times.
7. (22 November 2009). "I was frightened to play 'Ammaji', says Meghna Malik". Zee News.
8. "Though I signed up to play amma ji of Laado, I never felt I was shooting for the part: Meghna Malika". The Times of India.
9. (10 June 2013). "Meghna Malik: Ammaji was beyond age and gender". NDTV.
10. (9 July 2010). "Ammaji wins 'Kitchen Champion'".
11. (9 May 2013). "Meghna Malik takes to dancing".
12. (23 June 2013). "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6: Meghna Malik gets eliminated".
13. Bhopatkar, Tejashree. (22 June 2013). "Meghna Malik (Ammaji) out of Jhalak". The Times of India.
14. Mittal, Vidhi. (18 March 2016). "Crossing the barrier". The Hindu.
15. (25 October 2017). "Meghna Malik: TV is not a medium for reforms".
16. (3 November 2017). "Ammaji in Laado 2 will be intense but more colourful: Meghna Malik".
17. (6 April 2018). "'Babumoshai Bandukbaaz' fame Bidita Bag to be seen in 'Moksh To Maaya'".
18. (10 April 2019). "I love adding little quirks to the character I am playing: Meghna Malik".
19. (4 July 2019). "We are trying our best to bring good cinema to theatres".
20. "Winners List: 3rd Boroplus Gold Awards, 2010".