‘Grateful for the opportunities’

Actress Sanya Malhotra calls decade-long journey surreal, teams with RajKummar Rao for Netflix comedy Toaster 

Actress Sanya 

Malhotra, who made her Hindi cinema debut with Dangal in 2016, says her journey in Hindi cinema has been nothing but surreal and she hopes that her films continue to receive love from the audiences.

The actor now stars in Netflix comedy Toaster opposite RajKummar Rao. The film marks the production debut of Rao and wife Patralekhaa through Kampa Film. It revolves around a miser who wants to get back the toaster he gifted at a wedding when the ceremony is called off. Malhotra plays his wife.

“Ten years... it’s surreal. It’s been amazing, quite fulfilling and I am so grateful for the opportunities that I get,” Malhotra told PTI. The actor said though she has worked with Rao in two different projects — Hit: The First Case and Ludo, this is the first time that they spent a lot of time working together.

“I am so happy to be a part of Toaster. I got a call from Raj saying that we are making a film and even before I read it, I was like, ‘Of course’. If he is attached to something, then it has to be really good. It can’t be just anything.’ This is our third film together. I was in a suitcase in the first one (Hit). We were not together in the other (Ludo). So, I was dying to work with Raj because we all know how incredible he is as an actor. And this was the perfect opportunity,” she said.

Rao said Malhotra’s work in Toaster is her finest in the space of comedy. “She is so funny in the film. And we were so happy when we saw her performance. We all know Sanya. She wants to have fun on set but she is also this quiet girl who will sit quietly and do her work. But when you see her on screen in the film. She is marvellous,” the actress added.