Mini Mathur won Prime Video India’s Alliance on Thursday. She also doesn’t fit into the reality television type, despite her approximate 30-year career across channels, formats, and genres on TV. With her entry on MTV, Mini joined the legion of India’s first VJs — alongside Cyrus Sahukar, Cyrus Broacha, Malaika Arora, Shehnaz Treasuryvala, Sophie Choudry, and her teammate on Alliance, Nikhil Chinappa. Hosting reality shows, but not competing in themBut as television opened up in the early 2000s, Mini transitioned to General Entertainment Channels (GECs). As streaming entered India, Mini found a new avenue and a new facet of her personality — acting.