Remember Malini Sharma from Raaz? She quietly disappeared from Bollywood years ago; now she runs a farmstay in the Sahyadris, grows vegetables and cooks for guests

Remember Malini Sharma , who appeared in Vikram Bhatt’s Raaz in 2002 alongside Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea? At a time when her career appeared to be gaining momentum, Malini chose to step away from the film industry.

Her decision meant that she gradually disappeared from the public eye. But while Bollywood audiences stopped seeing her on screen, Malini was busy building an entirely different life.