Harshaali Malhotra


Harshaali Malhotra is an Indian child actress and model who appears in Hindi-language films and television series.
Malhotra made her film debut with a leading role in Kabir Khan's 2015 drama film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, opposite Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. She played the role of Shahida also known as 'Munni', a Pakistani Muslim girl who gets lost in India and travels back to her homeland with the help of an Indian, Pavan Kumar Chaturvedi. Malhotra was selected out of 5,000 girls who appeared for the film's audition. Malhotra's performance as a mute girl was critically praised and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination, making her the youngest person to be nominated in the category and won the Screen Award for Best Child Artist among several other awards and nominations.
She has acted in serials such as Qubool Hai and Laut Aao Trisha, and appeared in TV commercials and print ads for brands including Fair & Lovely, Pears, HDFC Bank, Horlicks, and Ace Group and also appeared in the Pakistanis commercial of Telenor along with Shaan Shahid and Hilal Cup Cake TV Commercial alongside veteran popular actress Ismat Zaidi. Harshaali Malhotra also starred with Moroccan pop-star Saad Lamjarred song Salam alaikum songs in 2016. Harshaali later is scheduled to work in Hindi film Nastik, along with Arjun Rampal.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardCategoryResult
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanBig Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining Child Artist
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanBig Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining Actor-Female
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanStar Guild AwardsBest Child Artist
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanStar Guild AwardsBest Debut Female
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanFilmfare AwardsBest Debut Female
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanStardust AwardsBest Child Artist
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanScreen AwardsBest Child Artist
2015Bajrangi BhaijaanZee Cine AwardsBest Debutant Female