RJ Malishka Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Malishka Mendonsa
Names Earned	Mumbai Ki Rani [1]Radio and Music
Profession(s)	Radio Jockey and Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 160 cm in meters- 1.60 m in feet & inches- 5’ 2”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Film: Tumhari Sulu (2017) as 'RJ Albeli'
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• OTT & Digital Marketing Innovation Awards - Digital Influencer of the Year • Dadasaheb Phalke Award - RJ of the Year in 2019 • Indian Excellence in Radio Awards - RJ of the Year in 2019
Personal Life
Date of Birth	11 October 1981 (Sunday)
Age (as in 2019)	38 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Santacruz East, Mumbai
College/University	• St Xavier’s College, Mumbai • University of Mumbai • Sophia College, Mumbai
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Arts from the St Xavier’s College, Mumbai • MA in Political Science from the University of Mumbai • Post Graduation in Mass Communication from Sophia College, Mumbai
Religion	Catholic [2]Scroll.in
Hobbies	Travelling, Reading, Watching Movies in Theatres, Going for Drives, Adventure Sports, Singing, and White Water Rafting
Controversies	• In 2017, she posted a video and addressed the issue of potholes in Mumbai; criticising Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). After her video went viral, she was subjected to the rage of Shiv Sena, the ruling party in BMC. Following this, a Shiv Sena corporator released his parody, countering Malishka’s song. In early 2019s, BMC invited Malishka to monitor their pre-monsoon work and also briefed about the working of the civic body. However, this did not stop Malishka, and she posted another video featuring potholes. [3]The Hindu
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Kirthi Shetty
Family
Parents	Father- Name not known (died, when Malishka was 13) Mother- Lily Mendonsa
Siblings	Brother- none Sister- 1
Favourite Things
Actor(s)	Amitabh Bachchan, Abhay Deol
Actress(s)	Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor
TV Host(s)	Oprah Winfrey, Elle DeGeneres
Singer(s)	Sunidhi Chauhan, Rihanna
Travel Destination	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Rolls-Royce

 Some Lesser Known Facts About RJ Malishka

• As a child, Malishka was a confident girl and was always longing to go on stage. She used to wait for the teacher’s day or children’s day, just to be on stage.

• During her school days, she used to be a part of all forms of activities including plays, Bharatanatyam dance training, and singing.

• During her college days, she was a part of a PR team and also a singer in her college band.

• RJ Malishka started her career in the advertising industry. She worked as an intern to the Indian ad film director Prahlad Kakkar. However, she couldn’t find the field so intriguing and left it. She has also worked as a voice-over artist for Discovery Channel in Hindi.

• She started her career as a radio jockey with “Win 94.6 FM” and worked with them for two years. Later, she joined Rediff Radio for seven months and then started working with Red FM.

• She has hosted popular radio shows like Morning No 1, Best Breakfast Programme and M Bole Toh.

• Her show “Morning No 1 with Malishka” won the Indian Excellence in Radio Awards for Best Breakfast Programme/Show (Hindi) for four consecutive years, i.e., from 2006 to 2010.

• She trained actress Vidya Balan for her role of an RJ in the Bollywood film ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ (2006). Talking about the experience, she said,
  

  I guess it was Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s idea. You know, Raju Hirani (Munnabhai director) called me once and said that Chopra is a huge fan of mine, and wanted to mould a character in their next film on my personality. After that, Vidya would come over to the studios to learn the ropes and the mannerisms that go to make an RJ. I wouldn’t say she copied me, because I stretch the ‘gooooood’ in my greeting, and she did the ‘mooorning’!

• In 2014, she entered the dance reality show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’- season 7 as a wild-card entrant but got eliminated in the 9th week.
  

• She has also made guest appearances in one of the biggest TV reality shows of India, Bigg Boss in many of its seasons.

• She has also dubbed for the Hindi version of the Hollywood films; The Incredibles (2004) as ‘Mirage(Mona)’ and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as ‘Valkyrie / Scrapper 14.’

• In 2017, she started to lose weight while rehearsing for her performances in the show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.” Her weight loss journey of losing 21 kilos became viral on social media. Talking about her experience, she said,
  

  I love dancing. While rehearsing, I started losing weight. Madhuri Dixit said, ‘now, don’t put on weight.’ But right now I’m 62, and want to get to 58 kilos. I don’t want to be skinny.”

  

• In 2017, her video addressing the issue of potholes in Mumbai went viral. She targeted Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the video, which resulted in enmity between her and BMC.

• In 2020, she contested the TV reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi 10” which aired on Colors TV.