Sanya Malhotra

Sanya Malhotra
Malhotra in 2017
Born Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Years active 2016–present

Sanya Malhotra is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2016 with Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports drama Dangal, based on the Phogat sisters: Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. Malhotra portrayed the latter role. After a break of two years, she starred alongside debutant Radhika Madan in Vishal Bhardwaj's comedy-drama Pataakha (2018), about two quarrelsome sisters.

Early life and career

Malhotra was born and raised in Delhi, India. She has graduated from Gargi College of Delhi University. She is a trained dancer in contemporary and ballet.[1] After graduating, Malhotra participated in the dance reality show Dance India Dance and made it to the top 100.[2] She shifted to Mumbai and started giving auditions but was jobless for three to four months. She assisted camerapersons for television commercials.[3] Later, she did advertisement for ₹5,000 (US$70) and after a year, casting director Mukesh Chhabra called for an audition.[2] She was selected for Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports film Dangal along with Fatima Sana Shaikh, who was also relatively new.[1]

Before the film, Malhotra said that she did not know much about wrestling and had not seen any match. She then watched several videos on wrestling and "how wrestlers move, walk, their body language" and also did the training.[1] Both Malhotra and Sheikh went through five rounds of auditions, physical training and workshops with Tiwari and Aamir Khan.[3] They were trained by coach and former wrestler Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi.[3] Upon release, Dangal received critical acclaim and a strong commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing Indian film ever.[4][5] Anupama Chopra said in her review that Malhotra provides "strong support" to the story.[6] She also choreographed the song "Sexy Baliye" from Secret Superstar (2017), which featured Khan.[7]

After a gap of two years, appeared in Vishal Bhardwaj's comedy drama Pataakha, alongside debutant Radhika Madan. Based on the short story Do Behnen by Charan Singh Pathik, the story revolved around two sisters in Rajasthan who are always on conflict.[8] The story was based on the wives of Pathik's brothers.[8] Both Madan and Malhotra met the real women for the dialect and the character's nuances.[8] For the preparation, both Malhotra and Madan stayed in Ronsi village near Jaipur and learned the Rajasthani dialect; they also got accustomed with milking buffaloes, thatching roofs, plastering the walls with dung and walking for long distances while balancing matkas full of water on their head and one around their waist.[9] They also had to put on 10 kgs of weight.[10][11] Raja Sen in his review wrote that Malhotra "plays this character with unhinged enthusiasm" and "appears to be a fearless actress."[12]

Malhotra's third release, Badhaai Ho, co-starring Ayushmann Khurrana, is scheduled for release in October 2018. She is also filming Ritesh Batra's Photograph.[13]

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2016 Dangal Babita Kumari Debut film
2017 Secret Superstar — Choreographer for song "Sexy Baliye"
2018 Pataakha Genda "Chhutki" Kumari
Badhaai Ho Film has yet to be released Sweety Sharma Post-production
2019 Photograph Film has yet to be released Miloni Filming

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dangal selection process: Sanya Malhotra talks about the emotionally exhausting experience". India.com. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Awaasthi, Kavita (22 January 2017). "Dangal: For some reason, I thought it's a Kangana Ranaut film, says Sanya Malhotra". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Rathi, Vasundhara (20 December 2016). "Braving the bruises". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Goswami, Parismita (23 December 2016). "Dangal review roundup: Critics verdict is out; check out what they have to say about Aamir Khan-starrer". International Business Times. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Cain, Rob (19 June 2017). "How An Indian Drama Became The World's Highest-Grossing Sports Movie Of 2017". Forbes.
  6. ↑ Chopra, Anupama (22 December 2016). "Dangal Movie Review". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Goyal, Divya (16 October 2017). "Secret Superstar: Sanya Malhotra Enjoyed Making Aamir Khan Dance To Sexy Baliye This Much". NDTV. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 Jhunjhunwala, Udita (14 September 2018). "Blood is thicker". Mint. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Iyer, Sanyukta (7 April 2018). "Sanya Malhotra, Radhika Madan in Vishal Bhardwaj's next". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Countinho, Natasha (23 June 2018). "Vishal Bhardwaj's Pataakha opens on September 28". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "This is why Sanya Malhotra is gaining weight for Vishal Bhardwaj's film". Hindustan Times. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Sen, Raja (28 September 2018). "Pataakha review: The new Vishal Bhardwaj film is colourful, noisy and dazzling". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  13. ↑ Lohana, Avinash (30 April 2018). "Sanya Malhotra is Vishal Bhardwaj's fan girl". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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