Updated On: 11 December, 2022 01:08 PM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
Malaika Arora, whose reality show dropped last week, works hard at looking like she does and being who she is. And the show that showcases her life and loved ones, is just another way of facing her fear of dropping her guard, and showing her “chill” side

Malaika Arora
Sexiness could exist in the little things a woman does. That’s what this writer is thinking as she waits to chat with Malaika Arora on the sets of her new reality TV show, Moving in with Malaika. Arora is talking to a member of her team, deep in conversation, and with an imperceptible turn of her head gestures to her make-up man, who hands her a perfume bottle. As she continues to speak, she sprays a little perfume on her wrists, and gets back to work. For this writer, to whom her perfume spraying time is limited to once in the morning and one in the evening, this slight detail is important, and makes Arora even more aspirational.
Arora has always been in the public eye, but there is an aura around her that makes you feel that if you ask extra questions, you may be shown the door. When we say how a shy person like her agreed to a reality show, she corrects us, “Maybe ‘shy’ is not the right word—reserved is more like it.” But, as she emphatically states, it’s been a task to let her guard down. “There have been various moments I haven’t felt absolutely comfortable—but to just open up, that’s been a bit tough. But I will try.”