Malhotra has been a Delhi Theater Veteran and has acted in several Bollywood movies . He broke on the screen with the Famous Teleserial "Nukkad" .His 1st break in Bollywood came with the movie " Saleem langdey pe mat ro" which won the National award.His 2nd movie, Baag Bahadur , also won the National award for the Best film
Malhotra has been very chosy about the kind of work that he does.His 1st big commercial success , si to speak, was with Anurag kashyaps controversial and critically acclaimed " Black Friday". This is the role which made the Industry take notice of this immensely talented actor.He has also acted in movies like Jab we Met, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag & Don 2 , and held his own against a big star cast
He has started in the recently released Akshay Kumar starter " Rustum" ...Never been the type of actor who goes out aggressively pitching for work...
Malhotras journey in Bollywood has been a long and arduous one. One of the very fine Gentleman actors of bollywood