She walked in like a calm storm and left the room buzzing. At the NDTV Yuva 2026, Sanya Malhotra spilled a little bit of that fearless energy fans can’t get enough of. And if there’s one thing she made very clear. She is not here to play safe.
Throwback to 2016, when Sanya made her big Bollywood entry with ‘Dangal’, a debut most actors would only dream of. But ask her what advice she’d give her younger self, and she flips the script entirely.
She says she wouldn’t change a thing. In fact, she’s proud of every choice she made back then. According to her, even mistakes were necessary stepping stones. “No worries, make mistakes,” is the message she would send back in time because every wrong turn taught her something valuable.
Risk is her comfort zone
Sanya isn’t your typical Bollywood star chasing predictable scripts. From the small-town charm of ‘Badhaai Ho’ to the emotional depth of ‘Pagglait’ and the quirky storytelling of ‘Kathal’, she has built a career on variety.
And guess what? She’s not worried about failure.
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Sanya openly admitted that not everything she does will be loved, and she’s perfectly okay with that. The fear of failure doesn’t slow her down. In fact, she embraces it. Trying something new matters more to her than playing it safe for applause.
Off-screen too, she’s just as dynamic. Many fans may not know that Sanya is trained in contemporary and ballet dance.
The conversation also turned a little fangirl-ish when she spoke about Diljit Dosanjh. Sanya couldn’t hide her excitement while recalling their collaboration. She shared how she has always loved his music, so much so that she makes reels on his songs whenever they drop.
Working with him, she said, felt special and almost surreal. The two teamed up for the music video ‘Charmer’, which released last October as part of his album ‘Aura’.