: From Feeding Cows Selling Bread: Pavan Malhotra’s Inspiring Journey to Bollywood #IndiaNEWS #Entertainment Once upon a time, Pavan Malhotra was told that his acting skills alone were not enough

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From Feeding Cows Selling Bread: Pavan Malhotra’s Inspiring Journey to Bollywood #IndiaNEWS #Entertainment
Once upon a time, Pavan Malhotra was told that his acting skills alone were not enough to fetch him money. He is familiar with delayed payments and filmmakers cutting his roles, and while he managed to bag titular roles at the beginning of his illustrious career, attaining fame was tricky.  
He is neither a one hit wonder, nor an overnight star. He comes from a league of actors who have earnestly weaved their career graph overtime.  
You remember his ‘Oye hum khotey hai kya’ line as Geet’s hot-blooded but fun uncle from Jab We Met (2007). You know him as Shah Rukh Khan’s quiet but supportive friend from Pardes (1997), Farhan’s Akhtar coach in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) and the typical middle-aged man from Chandni Chowk showing off his lighting venture in Delhi-6 (2009).  
Pavan in Jab We Met
A chameleon in the truest sense, he left an unforgettable imprint as Tiger Memon in Black Friday (2004) and Salim Langda with a Dawood-style moustache in National award-winning movie, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989). These two roles even impressed the Underworld, and he was invited to meet Haji Mastan and Dawood Imbrahim on a few occasions, which he refused. Even today, viewers remember him as Tiger bhai.  
His latest web series ‘Tabbar’, available on SonyLiv, is garnering appreciation from critics and audiences alike. It is the directorial venture of Ajitpal Singh, and revolves around a retired policeman (Pavan) trying to protect his wife (Supriya Pathak Kapur) and two sons after they are caught in a series of crimes.  
Pavan in Tabbar
Of course, the advent of OTT platforms and character-driven scripts have made it fairly easier for newcomers and even veteran actors like Pavan to make a mark, but how was it like to struggle in the Doordarshan era? 
The answer is not very shocking.  
“I can tell you 500 stories of struggle, but I would never like to romanticise my story. If you change your city and dont have a permanent job, you should be ready for a struggle. When I was living in Delhi with my father, he made me sweep the floor of his office too. He used to say that if I didn’t learn this, I wouldn’t learn anything in life. He had also told me that if I wanted to work, I had to learn to keep my ego aside. I survived in Mumbai because of this lesson,� Pavan told The Telegraph in a 2016 interview.  
Charting success through theatres, serials, movies, and OTT 
Pavan in Black Friday
Pavan was born in a Punjabi household that migrated to Delhi from Pakistan after the Partition. His father ran a business of machine tools and Pavan grew up with five siblings in the capital’s Rajinder Nagar, the same area where Shah Rukh Khan lived.

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