RJ Malishka

Malishka was born and brought up in Mumbai. Having lost her father at an early age she was raised by her mother Lily Mendonsa.[4] She graduated in Political Science from Mumbai university and subsequently did her masters in marketing and advertising.[5] She currently stays with her mother in Mumbai.

Malishka started her career as a radio jockey. She has also done shows like Morning No 1, Best Breakfest Programme and M Bole Toh. On 13 July 2014, Malishka entered the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in the 7th season as wild card entrant but later got eliminated in the 9th week (10 August 2014).[6] Actress Vidya Balan was trained by RJ Malishka when the actress played the role of an RJ in 2006 Bollywood film Lage Raho Munnabhai.[7] She later played the role of a radio jockey in the 2017 Bollywood film Tumhari Sulu starring Vidya Balan.[8] She has also appeared as a guest in Bigg Boss in many seasons.[9]

Her show "Morning No 1 with Malishka" has won the "Best Breakfast Programme/Show (Hindi) at the Indian Excellence in Radio Awards" in 2010.

A song has gone viral on social media and has become a talking point in the city. Malishka made a catchy YouTube video about Mumbai's monsoon problems (potholes) and the monsoon woes that Mumbaikars have to face every year, beginning with the potholes menace, the traffic jams on roads and railway disruptions. The song was themed around the question "Mumbai, do you trust the BMC?", which offended the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation).

Buoyed by the success of her previous song, in 2018 she came up with new song targeting BMC. This time a copy of Zingaat song of Sairaat movie. She has described that how Mumbai has gone to dogs blaming the BMC. .

Subsequently, the civic body invited Malishka for road inspection where she was explained about the functioning of the civic body and how it takes up efforts to maintain the city roads during the monsoons.[10]

• RJ Malishka at IMDb
• Website http://rjmalishka.com