Antara Mali is an Indian actress, director, and screenwriter, who predominantly works in

Hindi films Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

, and has also acted in a

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and

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Early and personal life

Antara Mali was born in Mumbai to a well known Indian photographer

Jagdish Mali Jagdish Mali (18 January 1954 – 13 May 2013) was an Indian fashion and film photographer. He was the father of Bollywood actress Antara Mali. In his career he took images of celebrities like Rekha, Anupam Kher, Irrfan Khan, Manisha Koirala, ...

. She is married to Che Kurrien, the editor of ''GQ'' magazine since 12 June 2009. Mali's father had a history of diabetes and other illness. On being contacted after he was reported found disoriented in the streets, Antara Mali claimed that she was not in a position to take responsibility for her parent as she was soon to become a mother. Mali gave birth to a baby girl, on 1 May 2012, at the Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai and refuses to share her personal life in public.

Career

Antara Mali made her acting debut in the

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Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge! ''Dhoondte Reh Jaoge'' ( en, You Will Keep on Searching) is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Kunal Khemu, Paresh Rawal, Sonu Sood, Soha Ali Khan, Dilip Joshi and Johnny Lever. ...

''. The film, however, flopped. The next year was released her film ''

Prema Katha ''Prema Katha'' () is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romance drama film written by Vara Prasad Varma and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It is the debut film of both Sumanth and Antara Mali as lead in Telugu film industry. The film opened to positi ...

'' directed by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Kannada language films, and television.** * ...

. Afterwards, Varma became Mali's frequent collaborator appearing in several of his films such as '' Mast'' (1999), ''

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'' (2002), '' Company'' (2002) and ''

Darna Mana Hai ''Darna Mana Hai'' (English: ''Fear is Forbidden'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language anthology Horror film. The film consists of six different short stories. It stars Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Shilpa Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Is ...

'' (2003). Although Mali's performances were praised by critics, most of them did not do well at the box office. Mali paid her tribute to

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by playing an aspiring actress inspired by Madhuri in the 2003 film '' Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon''. She received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for '' Company''. She discontinued her acting career in 2005 after her last film '' Mr Ya Miss'' (which she had also written and directed) was received poorly and critically panned. In 2010, she made a comeback to films with '' ...And Once Again'' directed by

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and since then has once again not been active in films.

Filmography

Actor

Director and story writer

References

External links

* Indian film actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema {{India-film-actor-stub