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Mallika Sarabhai is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, actress, and activist. She is the daughter of the renowned classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and the space scientist Vikram Sarabhai. She is the founder of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, India. Mallika Sarabhai has been performing since the age of five and has trained in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, and Mohiniattam. She has also trained in modern dance forms such as jazz, contemporary, and folk. She has performed in numerous stage shows, films, and television serials. Mallika Sarabhai has also been active in politics and social activism. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010. She has also been involved in various social causes such as women's rights, environmental protection, and the rights of the marginalized. Mallika Sarabhai is 66 years old as of 2021. She has a height of 5 feet 5 inches and weighs around 55 kg. Her vital statistics are 34-26-34. She has black eyes and black hair.

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Occupation Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer, actress, politician
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 9 May 1954
Birthday 9 May
Birthplace Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nationality India

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Her husband is Bipin Shah

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Parents Vikram Sarabhai Mrinalini Sarabhai
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Children 2, including Revanta

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Timeline

2014

She protested against Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi during Sadbhavna Mission in September 2011. She accused Narendra Modi of scuttling the petition filed in Supreme court by her on the 2002 Gujarat violence. She joined the Aam Aadmi Party on 8 January 2014.

2012

In the year 2012, Mallika co-directed 'Women with Broken Wings,' an international production with filmmaker Yadavan Chandran and Swiss pianist Elizabeth Sombart, an ode to the millions of women who have been the victims of violence. In 2014 she recreated, with Yadavan Chandran, Kadak Badshaahi, a multimedia production on the 603-year-old history of the city of Ahmedabad. The performance ran for an unprecedented 33 full nights in Darpana's venue, Natarani.

2011

Mallika Sarabhai, Saarang 2011, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Mallika Sarabhai, Saarang 2011, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

2009

In 2009 Mallika Sarabhai acted in an Indian adaptation Bertolt Brecht's of The Good Person of Szechwan (Ahmedabadki Aurat Bhali-Ramkali) directed by Arvind Gaur in 34th Vikram Sarabhai International Art Festival.

On 19 March 2009, Mallika Sarabhai announced her candidature against the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, as an independent candidate in the 2009 general election. She had won from the Congress to contest election, the first being in 1984 from Rajiv Gandhi. She eventually lost to L K Advani by a huge margin and forfeited her election deposit in the process.

1989

In 1989 she performed hard-hitting solo theatrical works, Shakti: The Power of Women. Her performance Sita's Daughters has toured the world and been performed over 500 times in three languages. After that, she directed and acted in numerous productions reflecting current issues and awareness among people. Amongst them is An Idea Named Meera; In Search of the Goddess and SvaKranti: The Revolution Within.

1982

Mallika met Bipin Shah in 1982 and married him. They have two children, a son, Revanta and a daughter Anahita. Bipin and Mallika co-founded Mapin Publishing in 1984 and continue to run it together.

1977

She started to learn dancing when she was young and started her film career in the parallel cinema when she was 15. Mallika played the role of Draupadi in the Peter Brook's play The Mahabharata. Mallika has won many accolades during her long career, the Golden Star Award is one of them, which she won for the Best Dance Soloist, Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris 1977. As well as a dancer, Sarabhai is a social activist. She manages the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts located at Ahmedabad, a centre for the arts and for the use of arts as a language for behaviour change.

1975

She acted in the Hindi movie titled Himalay Se Ooncha that was released in 1975. The movie which had Sunil Dutt as the hero, did not do very well at the box office. In 1986 she acted in the Basu Chatterji directed movie titled Sheesha opposite super star Mithun Chakraborty.

1974

Mallika Sarabhai was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India to Vikram Sarabhai and Mrinalini Sarabhai. She completed her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1974 and Doctorate in Organisational Behaviour from the Gujarat University in 1976. She is a noted choreographer and dancer and has also acted in a few Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati and international films.

1954

Mallika Sarabhai (born 9 May 1954) is an activist and Indian classical dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer and performer who has specialized in using the arts for social change and transformation.