As
Vinod Thadani
in
"A Widow of No Importance"
by Shane Sakhrani
at East West Players
World Premiere
OVATION RECOMMENDED
--LA Stage Alliance
"Anchored by winning performances from its romantic leads..."
"Malhotra equally convinces as a suicidal jilted husband and a goofy lover with a penchant for playing dress-up."
--Los Angeles Times
“...infectiously funny and utterly charming...”
“The marvelous [Lina] Patel lets us see the still youthful romantic hidden just beneath the widow’s face she presents to the world, making her romance with the younger, leading-man-handsome (and equally talented) Malhotra absolutely believable. As for Patel and Malhotra’s romantic chemistry, the heat they generate can likely be felt way up in the balcony’s back row.”
--Stage Scene LA
"The ensemble cast is outstanding...Malhotra is marvelous..."
--BackStage
"Fun and frothy...GO!"
--LA Weekly
"The performers are of an incredibly high standard with all of the cast turning in inspired and full-bodied performances. While watching the show, you want to go up there and shake them to say, ‘Do you know much how fun you’re providing me? Do you know how good you are?’"
--Hyphen Magazine
"Malhotra shines as Vinod, whose star struck puppy love matures into something a wee bit more kinky yet deep for the widow of no importance."
--India Currents
"The emotional performances and chemistry between actors Lina Patel and Sunil Malhotra is enough to fire up a dozen Tandoori ovens."
--SoCal.com
As
Zamir
in
"Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them"
by Christopher Durang
produced by The Blank Theatre, at The Stella Adler Theatre
West Coast Premiere
NOMINATED FOR BEST COMEDY ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
--LA Weekly Theatre Awards
“Malhotra combines great comedic timing, sex-appeal, and an ever-present sense of menace to make Zamir both appealing and frightening—as he should be.”
--Stage Scene LA
"...handsome but edgy..."
"The spirited cast is up to the zany high jinks, particularly...Malhotra's gleefully oblivious loose cannon."
--BackStage
"Malhotra...whipped in and out of menace with delicious whimsy."
"...a step above what Hollywood usually has to offer."
--LA Theatre Review
"…beautifully performed…"
--LA Weekly
As
Hari Patel
in
“Dude, Where’s the Party?”
released by Lionsgate Films
“Excelling at physical pratfalls…Malhotra wins a lot of laughs as well as a tinge of sympathy – his performance is clearly modeled on Peter Sellers’ classic work in ‘The Party’.”
-- Variety
“Sunil Malhotra’s earnest attempts to get down and boogie spark the movie's funniest comic set pieces.”
-- David Chute - LA Weekly, Rolling Stone, & Premiere
“Malhotra colors the character of Hari with a certain tender dignity…it's Malhotra's subtler intonations that humanize the character.”
-- Houston Press
“...Malhotra display(s) unflagging energy and focus...talented...”
-- Los Angeles Times
“Malhotra is an engagingly inventive physical comic who manages to look supremely absurd without losing our respect.”
-- Hokubei Mainichi - San Francisco
Narration
for
“Cutting For Stone”
by Abraham Verghese
produced by Random House Audiobooks
WINNER OF AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD!
Malhotra slips into the skin of Marion, a moody, bookish boy and later a talented surgeon, who, against a background of African poverty, war, and medical breakthroughs, is oddly detached but always compassionate. Malhotra's ease with the sometimes-complex medical terminology and the broad cast of Indian, African, English, and even some Bronx-accented characters makes for a fascinating listening experience.
-- AudioFile Magazine
Performing in three roles as
Dilip / Coomaraswami / Rajah
in
"Indian Ink"
by Tom Stoppard
produced by Quantum Theatre (Pittsburgh)
“BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR”
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Sunil Malhotra is comically brilliant, but also dramatically effective.”
-- Pulp Magazine
