Biography: Veena Malik aka Zahida Malik was born to the army
major Aslam Malik and a housewife mother Zeenat Malik. She spent her childhood
with her grandmother till she passed away.
The urge of establishing herself came from her school
Federal Government Girls High School D.I Khan and later Federal Government
Girls High School Rawalpindi where she was very much appreciated for not only
her studies but also extra-curricular activities. She was carried away by the
glitz of showbiz and her first TVC was aired when she was only in 9th standard.
But the buzz world could never take over her studies and she did her
matriculation from Federal Government Girls College Rawalpindi Pakistan in Arts
with Major Subjects, Psychology, Sociology and Persian.
Before she attained the sky of acting she was a comedian for
several television shows and series. Veena began her TV career with hosting Hum
Sab Ummeed Se Hain. The show is a political and social satire. Veena being a
pioneer of such a show format, received wide recognition and praise from all
over the world for her bold and honest comments on national television.
Next she took the mimicking show Miss Duniya where she
mimicked many famous celebrities, from politicians, actors, singers to
entertainers.
In India her television break came with Big Boss where she
was the controversy queen of that season. This media awarded her the title “The
hero of liberal Pakistan” after this show.
Post Big Boss, during the time when World Cup started, that
took place in the Asian Subcontinent, the darling item girl hosted a popular
show based on World Cup 2011 called Big Toss and the show hit the entertainment
world with a big thud in India.
The red lipped Veena appeared as a guest in the reality show
Superstud, hosted by her friend and Ameesha Patel’s brother Ashmit Patel.