Malaika Arora was a gawky schoolgirl

Considering how long Malaika Arora has been burning up the big screen, who would have thought she was once a gawky schoolgirl? From a rather quiet start, the diva slowly rose up the ranks in Bollywood to become one of the industry's biggest pin-up girls. For those wondering about the woman behind the star, catch Tarana Raja Kapoor in an exciting conversation with Malaika on celebrity chat show Let's Talk this Friday, May 30, 2008 at 7.30 pm IST on glamour and entertainment channel Zoom.

Apart from an interesting peek into her professional and personal life, the bombshell will also speak about her first item number Chaiyya Chaiyya', alongside Shahrukh Khan that earned her the 'sex bomb' tag almost overnight. Also, did you know that Malaika's classmates in school referred to her as a bunny rabbit, on account of her buck-toothed appearance?

Malaika reveals her fitness secrets and speaks candidly about her decision to marry, which surprised many at the time. She talks about her move to the glamour business, saying, 'While in college, I was majoring in child psychology. All of this happened rather surprisingly and, like they say, the rest is history.' There's another surprise when she speaks about her much-discussed fashion sense. Apparently, Malaika takes the trouble of dressing up only if forced to make a public appearance. At home, she admits to being anything but fashionable.

The conversation turns interesting when Tarana mentions the fact that Malaika proposed to hubby Arbaaz Khan after a five-year courtship. The actress also speaks about her roles as wife, mother and daughter-in-law, saying her family always gets first priority. She says motherhood is the best thing that happened to her and admits to son Arhaan being her biggest weakness. To find out more about the fabulous Malaika tune in to Channel Zoom this Friday at 7.30 pm IST!