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= Karanvir Malhotra = Karanvir Malhotra (born 4th October 1995) is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Hindi films and series. He broke out when his first ever commercial for Cadbury Dairy Milk silk went viral. He then made his debut in Netflix’s original series Selection Day (TV series) in 2018. The series was adapted by Arvind Adiga’s novel by the same name.

Early life and Background
Karanvir Malhotra was born in New Delhi on 4 October 1995. He did his primary schooling from The Air Force School and completed the rest of his schooling from Delhi Public School Dwarka. He later went to Sri Venkateswara College where he studied B.Com Honors but because his family migrated to Melbourne, Australia he could only complete half of his undergrad from DU. He completed his Bachelor’s in Commerce from La Trobe University

Career
He made his debut in the Netflix Original Series 'Selection Day (TV series)' in 2018. Selection Day is based on a book written by Arvind Adiga and the series was produced by Anil Kapoor Films and Anand Tucker. He plays the character of Javed Ansari who is the captain of the school cricket team and the rival to both the brothers. India Today described his character as having 'The most interesting trajectory who started out as a confident, charming and vivacious boy on surface and who is also a bully and an insecure person, but as the story unfolds, viewers get to explore his deeper side where a loving (to the point of turning obsessive), independent yet deeply wounded soul resides.' His performance as Javed garnered both critical and public appreciation. 

Subsequently, he starred in 'The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye' written and directed by Kabir Khan for Amazon Prime. He essays the role of Amar who's a photojournalist and takes his war veteran grand uncle to all the places the INA (Indian National Army) traversed during their march from Singapore to Delhi. At the time it was one of the most expensive series to have come out of India. 

He then made his independent film debut in the Netflix exclusive film What Are the Odds produced by Abhay Deol and FilmKaravan who later went on to produce the International Emmy Award winning series 'Delhi Crime'. The film was chosen as the closing night film at the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles   India Today wrote about his performance saying 'Karanvir Malhotra makes an impressive film debut after starring in web shows like Selection Day and The Forgotten Army. He fits the bill of a determined teenage boy and often makes us look at him with awe.'

He will be next seen in Rohit Shetty’s Amazon Original Series Indian Police Force (TV series)