
Sanya Malhotra
Actor · Born February 25, 1992 (34) · Delhi, India
Sanya Malhotra (born February 25, 1992) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. After training in contemporary dance and ballet, she made her feature film debut portraying wrestler Babita Kumari in the biographical sports drama *Dangal* (2016). She subsequently choreographed the song "Sexy Baliye" for the musical drama *Secret Superstar* (2017) and gained further recognition with leading roles in the rural comedy-drama *Pataakha* (2018), the family comedy *Badhaai Ho* (2018), and the drama *Photograph* (2019), for which she received a Filmfare Critics Award nomination for Best Actress. Throughout the 2020s, Malhotra established a prominent presence across theatrical and streaming releases, starring in the biographical drama *Shakuntala Devi* (2020), the ensemble black comedy *Ludo* (2020), the comedy-drama *Pagglait* (2021), and the crime thriller *Love Hostel* (2022). She later headlined the satirical comedy-drama *Kathal* (2023) and the drama *Mrs.* (2023), alongside supporting appearances in the action thriller *Jawan* (2023) and the biographical drama *Sam Bahadur* (2023). Her later work includes the romantic comedy-drama *Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari* (2025) and the 2026 feature *Toaster*.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 25, 1992 (34)
- Delhi, India
- Actor
- 15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Known for
What are Sanya Malhotra's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 2
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Babita Kumari in Dangal (2016)
- Shapeshifteras Miloni in Photograph (2019)
- Heroas Meenakshi in Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021)
- Heroas Sandhya Giri in Pagglait (2021)
- Heraldas Neha Mehta in Hit: The First Case (2022)
- Heroas Mahima Basor in Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023)
- Allyas Khushi in Bandar (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sanya Malhotra's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (10).
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Subscription and free streaming for Sanya Malhotra's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Bandar(2025)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Toaster(2026)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Thug Life(2025)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Baby John(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Sam Bahadur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Mrs. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Jawan(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Hit: The First Case(2022)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Love Hostel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Meenakshi Sundareshwar(2021)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Pagglait(2021)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Ludo(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Shakuntala Devi(2020)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Photograph(2019)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Badhaai Ho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Pataakha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Secret Superstar(2017)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Dangal(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all filmsBadlapur 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Pagglait 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sundar Poonam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles, 20 of them dated from 2016 to 2026; peak year 2022.
Film career
Peak 2022 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2016Screen debut· Dangal
- 2018First top-billed film· Pataakha
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Sanya Malhotra's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Sanya Malhotra's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Sanya Malhotra work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sanya Malhotra's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sheeba Chaddha shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Sheeba ChaddhaShared titles: Baby John (2024), Pagglait (2021), Shakuntala Devi (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Sheeba Chaddha

- Rohit SarafShared titles: Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025), Ludo (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Rohit Saraf

- Varun DhawanShared titles: Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025), Baby John (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Varun Dhawan

- Rajpal Naurang YadavShared titles: Baby John (2024), Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Rajpal Naurang Yadav

Composers and editors
- Pritam ChakrabortyShared titles: Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025), Dangal (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Pritam Chakraborty

- Prerna SaigalShared titles: Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023), Pagglait (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Prerna Saigal
Producers
- Apoorva MehtaShared titles: Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025), Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Apoorva Mehta

- Karan JoharShared titles: Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025), Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Karan Johar

- Achin JainShared titles: Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023), Pagglait (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Achin Jain

- Ekta KapoorShared titles: Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023), Pagglait (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Ekta Kapoor

Mixed roles
- AtleeShared titles: Baby John (2024), Jawan (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Atlee
