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Raaz Actor Malini Sharma’s Pune Farmstay Embraces Slow Living
Malini Sharma acted in the horror movie Raaz and later left the spotlight.
She now runs a farmstay called The Slow Local near Pune.
The farm is surrounded by trees and medicinal plants.
Malini grows fruits and vegetables there.
She also cooks meals for guests using food from the farm.
Several dogs live on the property, and new fences let visiting pets stay safely too.
Guests can buy homemade hair oils and handcrafted gifts.
Malini says farm life means doing many jobs, including farming, cleaning and building things.
Malini Sharma, known for playing an evil spirit in Raaz, now runs The Slow Local farmstay near Pune.
The duplex property in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri Hills includes a kitchen garden with fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants.
Sharma personally helps with farming, cooking, cleaning and construction work at the estate.
Guests can eat meals made with farm produce and, after new fencing, bring their pets to the property.
The farmstay sells handcrafted gifts, shalmali oil for Rs 350 per 100 ml and hibiscus oil for Rs 200.
- Who
- Former actor Malini Sharma, known for Raaz.
- What
- She runs The Slow Local, a farmstay with a kitchen garden, guest meals, dogs, homemade oils and handcrafted gifts.
- Where
- Near Pune, in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri Hills.
- When
- The article references posts and videos from December last year, October 2025 and February this year; Raaz was released in February 2002.
- Why
- Sharma chose a life away from the glitz and glamour and now farms, hosts guests and makes products at the property.
Key facts
- Farmstay
- The Slow Local
- Location
- A couple of hours from Pune in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri Hills
- Property
- A duplex surrounded by trees, medicinal plants and cultivated produce
- Guest food
- Meals include dal roti, kofta curry, sweet potato bites and mirchi thecha
- Shalmali oil
- Rs 350 for 100 ml
- Hibiscus oil
- Rs 200 for 100 ml
- Film connection
- Sharma played an evil spirit in Raaz, released in February 2002
Quotes
Malini Sharma
Former actor and owner of The Slow Local farmstay
“When one is running a farm, other than cooking, cleaning and farming, I have to wear other hats too. Sometimes I work as a labourer as well.”
NDTV
“It has taken me 50 years to realise this way is better. Hair remains soft and shiny.”
NDTV
Sources
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