Madhoo Shah, also known as Madhoobala Raghunath Malini, was born on March 26, 1969. She is an Indian movie actress who has earned significant achievements in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada movies. Madhoo Shah rose to prominence with a few of the quality movies including "Phool Aur Kaante" in 1991, "Roja" in 1992, "Allari Priyudu" in 1992, "Yoddha" in 1992, and "Gentleman" in 1993.


Early Life and Education

Born to a Tamil family, Madhoo did her schooling from St. Joseph's High School in Juhu and further education from the University of Mumbai. She is also a niece of celebrated actress Hema Malini and cousin to Esha Deol.

Career Highlights

Madhoo begun off when activity director Veeru Devgan came to cast her in his son Ajay Devgan's debut movie, "Phool Aur Kaante." But the to begin with film she was presented by coming to theaters was K. Balachander's motion picture Azhagan which got released in 1991, with Bhanupriya as well as Mammooty. Her to begin with jump into fame came with the film "Roja," Mani Ratnam's magnum creation. Other than her victory in Hindi, she too treaded her path in Malayalam movies as well, for case, debarked in "Ottayal Pattalam" in 1991. After taking a break from acting, she continued her career in 2008 with the film "Kabhi Socha Bhi Na Tha." Since at that point, she has acted in very a few support roles. In 2014, she marked her return to Tamil cinema with the bilingual film "Vaayai Moodi Pesavum."


Apart from acting, Madhoo has too anchored the music television series "Rangoli" since August 2019 on DD National. She worked in a few television serials, such as "Kaveri," "Devi," and "Soundaravalli."

Personal Life

Madhoo married Anand Shah on February 19, 1999, whom she met during her photo shoot. They have two daughters-Amaya and Keia. Anand is Jay Mehta's cousin, who is married to actress Juhi Chawla.