Background
Born in Delhi, Malhotra grew up in New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, and studied at Manav Sthali School.
Born in Delhi, Malhotra grew up in New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, and studied at Manav Sthali School.
University of Delhi.
He is famous for his role as a cold-blooded mafia don Irfan Khan in the Telugu blockbuster Aithe (2003) and in his acclaimed role of Tiger Memon in Black Friday (2004). In 2005 he acted in the Telugu movie Anukokunda Oka Roju as a Tantrik. Having graduating in Arts from Hansraj College, Delhi University, Pavan venture into Delhi theatre circuit, thereafter he moved to Mumbai.
Where he started with television industry as an assistant on the sets of television series, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), before he got a role in Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s television series on Doordarshan, Nukkad (1986), which got him noticed.
Meanwhile he had entered the film industry and made his debut with Pankaj Parashar"son Over the years he had worked with directors like Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta and Roland Joffé.
In 2006, he was seen in Manish Goswami’s Aisa Desh Hai Mera on Sony television He is seen on television series Alag Alag and Partho Mitra"s Patang on Doctor of Divinity 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 television He has currently worked in hit movies like 1984 Punjab, Children Of War. In 2016, a retrospective to mark his 25 years in cinema, was held at India International Centre (IIC), Delhi. Andhrudu (Telugu film) - Ranaveer Sinha.