 She received her master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Punjab Technical University, India.She is an alumna of Asian Academy of Film and Television, India, with a Master Diploma in Cinema.Malla published her debut Nepali fiction book, "Anayas Ek Din" (Suddenly One Day) at the age of 17, a collection of stories which featured various social-based issues, published in leading Nepali newspapers and magazines like Kantipur Daily, Annapurna Post and Gorakhapatra.