Malaika was born on 23 August 1973, is a model, Indian VJ and a  Bollywood actress.Malaika was born in Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce  Polycarp and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her father worked in the  merchant navy.

She  completed her tenth grade from Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur  (Mumbai). Her Aunt Grace Polycarp was the principal of the school. She  is also an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane where she had  studied until ninth grade.

Malaika  was selected as one of the VJs, when MTV India started its operations  in India. She rose to an interviewer for MTV India, becoming the most  prominent and non-movie, non-model female in urban India.

Indian  MTV,recognizing her potential gave her plum roles co-anchoring with  Cyrus Broacha the popular program Love Line and Style Check, at Award  ceremonies and concerts on the television channel. She then entered the  modeling world