Malishka is a very popular personality of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is best known for her beautiful talks over the radio. She is popularly known as the ‘Mumbai Ki Rani‘ on the radio. Check out more about RJ Malishka from the given article.

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RJ Malishka Age
RJ Malishka was born on 11 October 1981 (age 38 years old; as of 2020). She belongs to the well-educated and modern family of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was brought up with her family in Mumbai.
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RJ Malishka Bio-data | |
Real Name | Malishka Mendonsa |
Nick Name | RJ Malishka |
Birthdate | 11 October 1981 (Sunday) |
Age | 38 years (as of 2020) |
Gender | Female |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Christian |
Caste | Not Known |
Profession | Radio Jockey, Social Media Influencer |
Hobbies | Travelling, Listening to Music, Reading, Singing |
Debut | TV: Jalak Dikhla Ja (dance reality show) |
Famous For | Popular as 'Mumbai Ki Rani' |
Net Worth | Not Known |
Political Interest | Not Known |
Physical Appearance | |
Height(Approx) | In feet: 5' 2" In centimeter: 157 cm In meter: 1.57 m |
Weight(Approx) | In kilogram: 55 Kg In grams: 121 Lbs |
Hair Color | Black |
Eye Color | Black |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Food Habits: | Vegetarian |
Family Background, Education | |
Father | Name Not Known |
Mother | Lily Mendonsa |
Sister | 1 (name not known) |
Brother | None |
Born Place | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Current City | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
School | School of Mumbai |
College | St Xavier's College Sophia College |
Education Qualification | Post Graduate |
Boyfriend, Husband, Marriage | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Marriage Date | None |
Husband/Spouse Name | None |
Boyfriend | Kirthi Shetty |
Children | None |
Favourite Things & Assets | |
Favorite Food | Indian Food |
Favorite Destination | India |
Favorite Actor | Amitabh Bachchan, Abhay Deol |
Favorite Actress | Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor |
Favorite Singer | Sunidhi Chauhan, Rihanna |
Favorite TV Hosts | Oprah Winfrey |
Social Media Accounts | |
mymalishka | |
My Malishka | |
@mymalishka | |
Tik Tok: | Not Known |
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Biography
Malishka Mendonsa is a very talented and popular personality from Mumbai, India. She is best known for her sweet voice in the radio show. She was born and brought up into the middle-class family of Mumbai.
Malishka completed her schooling and graduation locally from her home town Mumbai. She was very interested in artistic activities such as public speaking and hosting since her childhood. Next, Malishka started her career with an advertising company.

Next, Malishka did voice over for several shows and started a job as a radio jockey with “Win 94.6 FM”. Later, she worked with popular radio station Red FM. Her voice became very known in Mumbai and received huge popularity.
RJ Malishka has hosted popular radio shows Morning No 1 and M Bole Toh. Apart from radio, she also participated in the popular dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa as a wild card contestant. She also debuted with Bollywood film “Tumhari Shulu” in 2007.
In 2020, she also became a part of famous reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’. Malishka Mendonsa is a very famous popularity on social media like Facebook and Instagram. She is known as Mumbai Ki Rani.
RJ Malishka Family, Caste & Religion
RJ Malishka was born on 11 October 1981 into a middle-class family of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She lost her father at a very early age and raised by her mother Lily Mendonsa. She has one younger sister. Her original name is Malishka Mendonsa but she became known for her profession with the name ‘RJ Malishka‘.

Her zodiac sign is Libra. She follows Christianity and holds Indian nationality. Currently, She lives with her family in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Boyfriend, Huband & Relationship
RJ Malishka is not married yet and holds a single marital status. In addition, she is in a relationship with Kirthi Shetty. There is not much information available about her boyfriend.

Career
Malishka Mendonsa was born and brought up into the catholic family of Mumbai. She grew up in Santacruz East, Mumbai. She attended the local school in her hometown. After then, Malishka completed her bachelor of arts from the St. Xavier’s College.
Next, Malishka did her MA in Political Science from the University of Mumbai. She also completed post-graduation in Mass Communication from Sophia College, Mumbai. She is very interested in artistic activities such as speaking, dancing and acting.
RJ Malishka used to be a part of programs and events during school days. She always wanted to follow a passion for the arts. So, she started her career with the advertising industry. She worked as an intern for the film director Prahlad Kakkar.
Later, Malishka Mendonsa worked as a voice-over artist for the Discovery Channel in Hindi. She started her career as a radio jockey with a channel “Win 94.6 Channel“. She worked there for two years and then joined Rediff Radio for seven months.

Next, RJ Malishka joined the Red FM team and started working there as a radio jockey. She has hosted various popular shows like Morning No 1 with Malishka, Best Breakfast Programme and M Bole Toh.
Career from 2013
In 2013, RJ Malishka Mendonsa participated in the well-known dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa as a wild card contestant. She got eliminated in the 9th week of the season 7.

Next, in 2017, Malishka turned actress with the 2017 Bollywood film “Tumhari Sulu” starring Vidya Balan and she played the role of a radio jockey. Apart from that, she also helped Vidhya Balan for the movie Lage Raho Munnabhai back in 2004.
Malishka has also given voice to the many characters in the English to Hindi dubbing of Hollywood movies. She has worked for The Incredibles (2004) as ‘Mirage(Mona)’, and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as ‘Valkyrie/Scrapper 14’.

In 2020, RJ featured the famous reality show of Color’s TV, ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi‘ hosted by Rohit Shetty.
Awards & Honors
She received huge fame and awards with her radio jockey profession. Here are some of the most recognized awards of her.

- Indian Excellence Awards for Best Breakfast Programme show (from 2006 to 2010)
- Indian Excellence Award for RJ of the Year in 2019
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the Year 2019
- Digital Influencer of the Year at 2020 OTT & Digital Marketing Innovation Awards
Controversy
In 2017, RJ has made Youtube video, addressing the issue of potholes in Mumbai and criticizing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The video went very viral over the internet and became wrath for the ruling party, Shiv Sena, in BMC.
Following that, Shiv Sena Corporator release his countering video on the internet. In early 2019s, BMC invited her to monitor their pre-monsoon work and also briefed about the working of the civic body. However, she released another video criticizing BMC.
Facts of RJ Malishka
Does Malishka smoke?: No
Does Malishka drink alcohol?: Not Known
During childhood, she used to wait for the teacher’s day or children’s day so that she can be a part of a program and be on stage.
She received huge popularity for her excellent radio skills. Moreover, her show “Morning No1 with Malishka” won the Indian Excellence in Radio Awards for Best Breakfast Programme/Show in Hindi. She won the award for four consecutive years from 2006 to 2010.
In 2006, She gave training to the actress Vidya Balan for the movie ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai‘. She stated about her experience that
“I guess it was Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s idea. You know, Raju Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai director) called me once and said that Chopra is a huge fan of mine, and wanted to mold in character in their next film on my personality. After that, Vidhya would come over to the studio to learn the ropes and the mannerisms that go to make an RJ. I wouldn’t say she copied me because I stretch the ‘gooood’ in my greeting and she did the ‘moooorning!”
During college days, she used to be a part of a PR team and also a singer in her college band.
She is a very popular personality on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. She has a vast number of followers on her Instagram account named ‘mymalishka‘. Also, RJ is very famous as the name “Mumbai Ki Rani”.