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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Malika Askari
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| yearsactive = 1955–1982
| citizenship =
|children = 2 including;<br/>[[Shaad Randhawa]]
| occupation = Actress, model
| relatives = [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]] (sister)
| spouse = [[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]]
|family = See [[List of Hindi film clans#Randhawa family|Randhawa family]]
}}

'''Malika Askari Randhawa''' is an Indian actress of [[Bollywood]] who is known by the mononym '''Malika'''. She is the wife of wrestler and actor [[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]] and sister of actress [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]].<ref name= Mumtaz>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mumtaz-Dara-Singhs-kindness-got-me-my-first-role/articleshow/14847676.cms |title=Mumtaz: Dara Singh's kindness got me my first role |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=13 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumtaz-turns-70-did-you-know-shammi-kapoor-and-jeetendra-were-in-love-with-the-actor/story-8N5tdWG9OHDWAFc5K3SqeI_amp.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135802/https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumtaz-turns-70-did-you-know-shammi-kapoor-and-jeetendra-were-in-love-with-the-actor/story-8N5tdWG9OHDWAFc5K3SqeI_amp.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 April 2018 |title=Mumtaz turns 70: Did you know Shammi Kapoor and Jeetendra were in love with the actor? |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=31 July 2017 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1955 || ''Shahi Chor'' ||
|-
| ''Sakhi Hatim'' ||
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1956 || ''Chandrakanta'' ||
|-
| ''Awara Shehzadi'' ||
|-
| ''Kismet'' ||
|-
| ''Kar Bhala'' ||
|-
| ''Ghulam'' ||
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1958 || ''[[Talaq (1958 film)|Talaq]]'' ||
|-
| ''Malik'' ||
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1959 || ''Ek Arman Mera'' ||
|-
| ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' || (uncredited)
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1961 || ''[[Pyaar Ka Saagar]]'' || Sheela Singh
|-
| ''Payaase Panchhi'' || Jyoti
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1962 || ''Shree Ganesh'' ||
|-
| ''[[Rakhi (1962 film)|Rakhi]]'' || Rani
|-
| ''Main Shadi Karne Chala'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ek Musafir Ek Hasina]]'' || Kamini
|-
| ''[[Banarasi Thug]]'' || Mala
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1964 || ''Hercules'' ||
|-
| ''Door Ki Awaz'' || Mala Rai
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1965 || ''Bhakta Prahlad'' ||
|-
| ''Son of Hatimtai'' ||
|-
| ''[[Arzoo (1965 film)|Arzoo]]'' || Sabhi
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1966 || ''Spy in Goa'' ||
|-
| ''Do Matwale'' ||
|-
| ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]'' || Madhuri
|-
| ''Rustom Kaun'' || Chandni
|-
| 1967 || ''Palki'' ||
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1968 || ''[[Humsaya]]'' || Shakuntala
|-
| ''[[Ek Kali Muskai|Ek Kali Muskayee]]'' || Putli
|-
| ''[[Baharon Ki Manzil (1968 film)|Baharon Ki Manzil]]'' || Ballet Dancer
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Do Bhai (1969 film)|Do Bhai]]'' || Jhuniya
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Khilona (1970 film)|Khilona]]'' || Heerabai
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1971 || ''[[Preetam]]'' || Dr. Chhaya Dutt
|-
| ''[[Kathputli (1971 film)|Kathputli]]'' || Meena
|-
| ''[[Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari (1971 film)|Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari]]'' ||
|-
| 1971 ||''[[Sanjog (1971 film)|Sanjog]]'' || Mala
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Roop Tera Mastana]]'' || Champa
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Ek Nari Do Roop]]'' || Sameena
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' ||
|-
|}

==Personal life==
She was married to [[Dara Singh]]'s brother, [[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]], and has two children, son [[Shaad Randhawa]], who is an actor and a daughter Shehnaz.<ref name = Mumtaz/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0539604}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Jamshedpur]]
[[Category:Actresses from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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