Malini was born in a Tamil Iyengar Brahmin family to Jaya Lakshmi and VSR Chakravarti Iyengar in Ammankudi, Madras Province ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Malini is a supporter of the animal rights organisation, PETA India. In 2009, she wrote a letter to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Malini is regarded for her range of roles, her dance, beauty and her styling. During the 1970s and early 1980s, she was among the highest paid actress. She appeared in ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

1960–1970 (Early work)
Malini had played small roles in Pandava Vanavasam (1965) and Idhu Sathiyam (1962). In 1968, she was chosen to play the lead opposite ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

In 1999, Malini campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Vinod Khanna, a former Bollywood actor, in the Lok Sabha Elections in Gurdaspur, Punjab ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

In 2016 the Bombay High Court entertained a Public Interest Litigation challenging allotment of a plot of land in Mumbai to Malini's dance academy. The petitioner Ketan … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

Dance
Malini is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Her daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are trained ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ