# Raaz actor Malini Sharma now runs a farmstay near Pune 2026-08-24T23:02:33+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Malini Sharma, known for her role in the 2002 film Raaz and the song Aapke Pyaar Mein, has left Bollywood and now runs a farmstay in the Sahyadri Hills, about two hours from Pune. The Times of India reports she is associated with The Slow Local, a venture built around local food and crafts. Hindustan Times adds she also works as a relationship manager with a coffee company. Sharma quit acting after walking out of the film Encounter in 2002. She married actor Priyanshu Chatterjee but later divorced. In April 2025, she returned to the camera with The Slow Local Diaries, a video series about her farm life. "Facing the camera again after 23 years of Raaz," she said. Her farmstay grows vegetables and hosts guests. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets report Malini Sharma's career change as a neutral human-interest story. NDTV and Times of India lead with her Bollywood past before describing her farm life. Hindustan Times provides more detail on her current work and tree species on the property. No source takes a critical or political stance. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The key figure is her return to the camera after 23 years, a milestone she herself marked in April 2025. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - ndtv.com (neutral report) Straight human-interest story without editorial slant - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Presents her career change as a quiet choice, no judgement - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Adds descriptive detail but no political or ideological framing This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T12:44:21+00:00. Tags: Malini Sharma, Raaz, Sahyadri Hills Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/malini-sharma-leaves-bollywood-runs-farmstay-near-pune/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/malini-sharma-leaves-bollywood-runs-farmstay-near-pune/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/