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

RJ Malishka is an Indian radio personality and actress. She is popularly known as ‘Mumbai Ki Rani.’

Wiki/Biography

RJ Malishka was born as ‘Malishka Mendonsa’ on Sunday, 11 October 1981 (age 38 years; as in 2019) in Mumbai. She grew up in Santacruz East, Mumbai. She then pursued Post Graduation in Mass Communication from Sophia College, Mumbai.

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Malishka Mendonsa
Nickname	RJ Malishka,Mumbai Ki Rani
Profession(s)	Radio Jockey and Actress
Birthplace	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Age (as in 2019)	38 Years
Date of Birth	11 October 1981
Hometown	Santacruz East, Mumbai
School(s)	Not Known
College	• 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
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Religion	Catholic
Hobbies	Travelling, Reading, Watching Movies in Theatres, Going for Drives, Adventure Sports, Singing, and White Water Rafting
Height, Weight & Body Measurements & More
Height (Centi.) (approx.)	160 cm
Height (meters)	1.60 m
Height (feet)	5’ 2”
Hair Color	Black
Eye’s Color	Black
Career RJ Malishka began her career in the advertising industry.She then did voice-overs 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.
Debut	Film: Tumhari Sulu (2017) as 'RJ Albeli'
Awards	• 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
Family, Parents, Siblings She belongs to a Catholic Family. Her mother’s name is Lily Mendonsa. She has a younger sister.
Father Name	Name not known (died, when Malishka was 13)
Mother Name	Lily Mendonsa
Sisters	1 (Name Not Known)
Boyfriends/Marriage
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Kirthi Shetty
Favourite Things
TV Host(s)	Oprah Winfrey, Elle DeGeneres
Favourite Actor(s)	Amitabh Bachchan, Abhay Deol
Favourite Actress	Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor
Favourite Singers	Sunidhi Chauhan, Rihanna
Favourite Destination(s)	Andaman and Nicobar Islands

RJ Malishka : Lesser known facts

• 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 Balanfor 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, 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.