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Sanya Malhotra

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.

Born
February 25, 1992 (34)
From
Delhi, India
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 23% in 30 days

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Bittersweet
4
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
4
Triumphant
3
Other
12

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • 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).

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)

    as Suhani Mehra

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Toaster(2026)

    as Shilpa

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari(2025)

    as Ananya Bhatia

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Thug Life(2025)

    as Wedding Dancer (Cameo)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Baby John(2024)

    as Satya’s prospective bride

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Sam Bahadur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Silloo Manekshaw

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

    as Richa

  • Jawan(2023)

    as Eeram

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery(2023)

    as Inspector Mahima Basor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Hit: The First Case(2022)

    as Neha

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Love Hostel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jyoti Dilawar

  • Meenakshi Sundareshwar(2021)

    as Meenakshi

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Pagglait(2021)

    as Sandhya Giri

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Ludo(2020)

    as Shruti Choksi

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Shakuntala Devi(2020)

    as Anupama Banerji

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Photograph(2019)

    as Miloni

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Badhaai Ho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Renee Sharma

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

    as Genda 'Chhutki' Kumari

  • Secret Superstar(2017)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Dangal(2016)

    as Babita Kumari

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Badlapur 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Pagglait 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Sundar Poonam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Poonam

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

20162026

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

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting22 of 23: 22 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew1 of 23: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s5 · 4 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 29% of 17 roles
1621

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles4–78 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles6–52 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles9–51 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles19–49 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles10–86 · median 23 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles