In 2019 , Malhotra appeared in Ritesh Batra 's romance '' Photograph '' alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui . The film follows a street photographer Rafi , who tries to convince Miloni ( Malhotra ) to pose as his fiancee so that his grandmother stops pressuring him to get married . It was screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival . '' The Hollywood Reporter '' featured her in their listing of breakout talent from the latter festival . Rahul Desai of Film Companion gave '' Photograph '' a positive review and wrote that Malhotra " becomes the dreamy-eyed participant that enables the film to embrace its quiet glances and gentle flights of fantasy . " Malhotra will next feature in Anurag Basu 's as-yet untitled ensemble drama , co-starring Abhishek Bachchan , Rajkummar Rao , Fatima Sana Shaikh , Aditya Roy Kapur and Pankaj Tripathi
69th Berlin International Film Festival
69th Berlin International Film Festival
Sanya Malhotra