Pavan Malhotra

Pavan Malhotra
Pavan Malhotra
	Malhotra in 2017
Born	2 July 1958 (age 66); Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984-present

Pavan Malhotra (born 2 July 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and a Filmfare Award South.

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He has played lead roles in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's National Film Award-winning Bagh Bahadur and Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, both released in 1989. He is famous for his role as the cold-blooded mafia don Irfan Khan in the Telugu blockbuster Aithe (2003) and in his acclaimed role of Tiger Memon in Black Friday (2004).^[1]^[2] In 2005, he acted in the Telugu movie Anukokunda Oka Roju as a Tantrik. He gained further acclaimed in SonyLIV's web series Tabbar (2021). He won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor at 70th National Film Awards for the Haryanvi language-film Fouja.^[3]

Thumb — Pavan Malhotra speaking to a TV channel

Malhotra was born in Delhi on 2 July 1958.^[4] Having graduated in arts from Hansraj College, Delhi University. His first hand experience in movies was as an assistant in costume department of Gandhi (film). Thereafter he was production assistant in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Khamosh and Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!. Pavan ventured into the Delhi theatre circuit, thereafter he moved to Mumbai, where he started with the television industry as an assistant on the sets of the TV series, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), before he got a role in Saeed Akhtar Mirza's TV series on Doordarshan, Nukkad (1986), which got him noticed. Meanwhile, he had entered the film industry and made his debut with Pankaj Parashar's Ab Ayega Mazaa (1984).

Over the years he had worked with directors like Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta and Roland Joffé.^[5]

In 2006, he was seen in Manish Goswami's Aisa Des Hai Mera on Sony television.^[6] He is seen on the TV series Alag Alag and Partho Mitra's Patang on DD Metro. He recently starred in the major hit movies Jab We Met and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. He is currently acting in Lagi Tujhse Lagan as Malmal More on Colors TV. He has recently worked in hit movies like Punjab 1984 and Children Of War.

In 2016, a retrospective to mark his 25 years in cinema was held at India International Centre (IIC), Delhi.

In the Latest Hindi Web Series Grahan (TV Series) on Disney+ Hotstar, he played a Character of Rishi Ranjan/ Gursewak Singh father of Amrita Singh (Zoya Hussain) which is released on 24 June 2021, based on the Satya Vyas Novel 'Chaurasi'

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List of performances in films
Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1984	Ab Ayega Mazaa
1985	Khamosh
1989	Bagh Bahadur	Ghunuram
1989	Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro	Salim, the Lame
1991	Sau Crore
1991	Antarnaad
1992	City of Joy	Ashish
1994	Tarpan	Dhannu
1995	Brothers in Trouble	Amir
1997	Pardes	Sharafat Ali
1998	Earth	The Butcher
1998	Fakir
2003	The Perfect Husband			^[7]
2003	Aithe	Irfan Khan	Telugu film
2004	Aithe Enti		Telugu film	^[8]
2004	Black Friday	Tiger Memon
2005	Anukokunda Oka Roju		Telugu film; Remade into Hindi as SUNDAY; plays a superstitious mad person who seeks answers from god.
	Eashwar Mime Co.			^[9]
	Andhrudu	Ranaveer Sinha	Telugu film; Plays an IPS officer who was born in Bihar and lives in Andhra, father of the heroine.
2006	Amma Cheppindi	Bose's Father	Telugu film; A scientist in ISRO, one of whose young sons is mentally immature.
2006	Don - The Chase Begins again	Narang
2007	Blood Brothers	Coach
	Jab We Met	Geet's Uncle
	50 Lakh	Irfan Khan
2008	My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves	Sikandar
	De Taali
	Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam	Qayyum Cable - Maut Ka Lable
2009	Delhi-6	Jaigopal
	Ek Tho Chance
	Road to Sangam			^[10]
2010	Badmaash Company	Jazz
2011	Ek Nayi Chhoti Si Zindagi	Shyam
	Bhindi Bazaar	Mamu
	Yeh Faasley	Digvijay Singh (Diggy)
	Shaitan	Police Commissioner
2013	Ek Thi Daayan	Mr. Mathur (Bobo's Dad)
2013	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	Coach Gurudev Singh
2014	Punjab 1984	Deep Singh Rana
	Children of War
	Bang Bang (2014 film)	Zorawar
2015	Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe
2016	Zorawar	Tejpal Singh
	Rustom	Inspector Vincent Lobo
	Missing on a Weekend	Inspector Ali Ansari
2017	Super Singh	Saint Rehmat
	Mubarakan	Charan's Father (Baldev Singh Bajwa)
	Judwaa 2	Officer Dhillon
2019	Setters
	Family of Thakurganj†
	Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai†
2020	Ek Sandhu Hunda Si		Punjabi film	^[11]
2021	Flight
2023	72 Hoorain	Militant Hakim Ali		^[12]
	Fouja		Haryanvi Film
	OMG 2	Judge Purushottam Nagar
	Mission Raniganj	T.P. Bindal
2024	Tera Kya Hoga Lovely	Hawa Singh

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Television

Nukkad (1986) – Hari
Zameen Aasmaan (1995)
Aahat (1997-1999)
XZone (1998)
CID (1999-2007)
Circus (1989)
9 Malabar Hill^[13] (1997)
Khamoshiyaan... Kab Tak (2001)
Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny (2003 - 2004)
Mrityudand
Kahan Se Kahan Tak
Laagi Tujhse Lagan (2009)
Khidki (2016) Sab TV
Grahan (2021) Hotstar
Tabbar (2021) SonyLIV
Pill (2024) JioCinema

National Award – Fakir (Hindi) – 1998
Nandi Special Jury Award – Aithe (Telugu) – 2003
Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu) - Aithe – 2003^[14]
2022 Filmfare OTT Awards - Tabbar 2022 (Best Actor in Drama Series)
National Film Awards - Fouja 2023 Best Supporting Actor

[1]
Black Friday, bloody Friday... The Hindu, 11 February 2007.
[2]
Pawan Malhotra is flawless as Tiger Memon
[3]
"Pavan Malhotra on winning Best Supporting Actor for Fouja: It's like a pat on the back". Hindustan Times. 18 August 2024.
[4]
News18 (4 July 2021). "Happy Birthday Pavan Malhotra: 5 Best Movies of the Versatile Actor". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
[5]
Pavan Malhotra New York Times.
[6]
Pawan Malhotra returns www.realbollywood.com.
[7]
"Filmography of Pawan Malhotra".
[8]
Jeevi (29 May 2004). "Movie review - Aithe Enti". Idlebrain.
[9]
"Special screening of Jalan's film". The Times of India. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
[10]
"Film viewing makes people appreciate art: Actor". The Times of India. 29 June 2009.
[11]
Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Diorama: You need the patience of a tree and the perseverance of grass in the film industry, says Pavan Malhotra". Cinestaan.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
[12]
"Diorama: You need the patience of a tree and the perseverance of grass in the film industry, says Pavan Malhotra". DNA India. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
[13]
"'Acting is a thinking process' : Pavan Malhotra". 20 August 2002.
[14]
"51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

Pavan Malhotra at IMDb

[1] [1]
Black Friday, bloody Friday... The Hindu, 11 February 2007.

[2] [2]
Pawan Malhotra is flawless as Tiger Memon

[3] [3]
"Pavan Malhotra on winning Best Supporting Actor for Fouja: It's like a pat on the back". Hindustan Times. 18 August 2024.

[Happy_Birthday_Pavan_Malhotra:_5_Best_Movies_of_the_Versatile_Actor-4] [4]
News18 (4 July 2021). "Happy Birthday Pavan Malhotra: 5 Best Movies of the Versatile Actor". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] [5]
Pavan Malhotra New York Times.

[6] [6]
Pawan Malhotra returns www.realbollywood.com.

[7] [7]
"Filmography of Pawan Malhotra".

[8] [8]
Jeevi (29 May 2004). "Movie review - Aithe Enti". Idlebrain.

[9] [9]
"Special screening of Jalan's film". The Times of India. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.

[10] [10]
"Film viewing makes people appreciate art: Actor". The Times of India. 29 June 2009.

[11] [11]
Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Diorama: You need the patience of a tree and the perseverance of grass in the film industry, says Pavan Malhotra". Cinestaan.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[12] [12]
"Diorama: You need the patience of a tree and the perseverance of grass in the film industry, says Pavan Malhotra". DNA India. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[13] [13]
"'Acting is a thinking process' : Pavan Malhotra". 20 August 2002.

[14] [14]
"51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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Pavan Malhotra
Malhotra in 2017
Born	(1958-07-02) 2 July 1958 (age 66) Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984-present