Pavan Malhotra is an Hindi film and television actor, most known for his lead roles in Buddhadev Dasgupta's National Film Award winning Bagh Bahadur and Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro both released in 1989, and lately in his acclaimed role of Tiger Memon, in Black Friday (2004).
Having graduating in Arts from Delhi University, Pavan venture into Delhi theatre circuit, thereafter he moved to Bombay; starting with Tele serials, he eventually entered the film industry. Though he made his film debut with Pankaj Parashar's Ab Ayega Mazaa (1984), he was first noticed in Saeed Akhtar Mirza's TV series on Doordarshan, Nukkad .
Over the years he had worked with acclaimed directors like, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta and Roland Joff.
In 2006, he was seen in Manish Goswami's Aisa Desh Hai Mera on Sony television.Currently he is seen on, TV Series, Alag Alag and Partho Mitra's Patang, on DD Metro.