The actress was dubbed as ‘Second Madhuri Dixit.’
Antara Mali is the daughter of popular photographer Jagdish Mali.
There have been many actresses in Bollywood, like Zareen Khan and Sneha Ullal, who were compared to prominent actresses like Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. One such actress was Antara Mali – called the second Madhuri Dixit of Bollywood. As soon as she entered films, Antara started being compared to Madhuri Dixit. Antara Mali’s curly hair and style reminded the audience a lot of the ‘Dhak-Dhak Girl’, but she could not cast her magic on the audience through her films. However, today let’s take a look at her career journey.
Antara Mali is a former Indian actress, director, and screenwriter who predominantly worked in Hindi films and has also acted in Malayalam and Telugu films.
Antara Mali made her acting debut in 1998 with the film Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge! But the film didn’t rule the box office. The next year, her film Prema Katha, was directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Afterwards, Varma became Mali’s frequent collaborator, appearing in several of his films, such as Mast (1999), Road (2002), Company (2002) and Darna Mana Hai (2003).
During her career, Antara worked with many popular actors, including Vivek Oberoi, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Akshay Kumar, but none of her films could impress the audience.
But she came into the limelight as she paid her tribute to Madhuri Dixit by playing an aspiring actress inspired by Madhuri in the 2003 film Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon. 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 Amol Palekar, and since then has once again not been active in films. The film stars Antara Mali, Rajat Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles. For the role of the monk, Antara Mali shaved her head.
Talking about her personal life, Antara Mali was born in Mumbai to well-known Indian photographer Jagdish Mali. She got married to Che Kurrien, the editor of GQ magazine, in June 2009.