Meghna Malik
{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Meghna Malik
| image = Meghna malik.jpg
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = Sonipat, Haryana, India
| occupation = Film, television and theatre actor
| yearsactive = 1998–present
| spouse = Riju Bajaj
| alma_mater = National School of Drama
| parents =
| relatives = Ram Gopal Bajaj (father-in-law)
| homepage = {{URL|meghnamalik.com}}
}}
Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show Na Aana Is Des Laado.{{cite news |last1=Suri |first1=Rishabh |title=Na Aana Iss Des Laado actor Meghna Malik on young female actors ageing on screen: 'Step out the day it gets boring' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/na-aana-iss-des-laado-actor-meghna-malik-on-young-female-actors-ageing-on-screen-step-out-the-day-it-gets-boring/story-RQbaIbyq3pzdf2T89cUqsJ.html |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 September 2019 |language=en}} The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-am-not-a-feminist-Meghna-Malik/etarticleshow/15822668.cms?referral=PM|title=I am not a feminist: Meghna Malik|date=28 August 2012|author=Neha Maheshwari|work=The Times of India|accessdate=22 June 2019}}
In 2013, Malik became a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. In 2016, she appeared in Star Plus's show Dahleez. In 2017, she reprised her role as Ammaji from Na Aana Is Des Laado in its sequel Laado 2 – Veerpur Ki Mardani, although she quit the show in early 2018.{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Tanvi |title=Meghna: 'Laado 2's going off air is almost like the sinking of the Titanic |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/meghna-laado-2s-going-off-air-is-almost-like-the-sinking-of-the-titanic/articleshow/64190581.cms?from=mdr |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=21 May 2018 |language=en}}
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.{{cite news|title=Actress Meghna Malik and sister Mimansha shoulder father's bier and the two brothers-in-law offer the confession|url=https://www.amarujala.com/haryana/sonipat/actress-meghna-malik-and-sister-mimansha-shoulder-the-father-s-bier-and-the-two-brothers-in-law-offer-the-confession-sonipat-news-rtk540539446|date=4 February 2020|newspaper=Amar Ujala+access-date=2 March 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Arora |first1=Naini |title=Delhi keeps calling me back, says actor Meghna Malik |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/delhi-keeps-calling-me-back-says-actor-meghna-malik/story-yAhpxvBuu5DDl2c8pa9oaK.html |accessdate=22 June 2019 |work=Hindustan Times |date=6 October 2016 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/meghna-malik-has-a-compulsive-disorder/story-SYFUlLDoDaS88B3TOa20gL.html|title=Meghna Malik has a compulsive disorder|date=14 January 2011|work=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}} 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).{{Cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/idiotbox/i-was-frightened-to-play-ammaji-says-meghna-malik_47013.html|title=I was frightened to play 'Ammaji', says Meghna Malik|date=22 November 2009|work=Zee News|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/though-i-signed-up-to-play-amma-ji-of-laado-i-never-felt-i-was-shooting-for-the-part-meghna-malik/articleshow/64163783.cms|title=Though I signed up to play amma ji of Laado, I never felt I was shooting for the part: Meghna Malika|work=The Times of India|access-date=24 July 2018}}
Filmography
= Television =
=Films=
=Web series=
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! Year ! Name ! Role ! Notes |
| 2020 / 2024
|Avantika (Mother of Tamanna) |Season 1 & 2 |
| 2022-2024
|Shakuntala Shukla |Season 2-Season 3 |
| 2021
|Jagdamba Dhumal |Netflix |
Awards
- 2010: Gold Awards - Best Actress in Negative Role (Female) - Na Aana Is Des Laado{{cite web|url=https://goldawards.weebly.com/2010.html |title=Winners List: 3rd Boroplus Gold Awards, 2010}}
- 2022 : 67th Filmfare Awards – Best Supporting Actress Saina (Nominated)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1386135}}
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{{Indian Telly Award Best Negative Actress}}
{{Indian Television Academy Award Best Negative Actress}}
{{Indian Television Academy Award Best Supporting Actress}}
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Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Haryana