British actor and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe sent birthday wishes to Dangal actor Sanya Malhotra through her friend Junaid Hussain Nahvi, who documented the moment on his Instagram story. “Hi there, I am here with Junaid. Hello, Sanya, happy birthday! Wherever you are, I hope you’re having a great day!” Daniel says in the video. The short clip was uploaded on Junaid’s Instagram handle for Sanya, who turned 28 on 25 February.
The actor shared this moment on her Instagram account, along with a gif of Rubeus Hagrid, a popular character from the series.
Sanya also received birthday wishes from others in the film industry, including her Dangal co-star Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sayani Gupta, Radhika Madan, Abhimanyu Dassani, director Ashwini Iyer Tiwari and casting director Mukesh Chhabra.
Sanya will next be seen in Anurag Basu’s Ludo, which is slated for an 24 April release. The film features an ensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Aditya Roy Kapur, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Saraf and Asha Negi. She has also been cast as Anupama Banerji, daughter of math whiz Shakuntala Devi, in biopic Math Genius. The film stars Vidya Balan and Amit Sadh, and is scheduled to release on 8 May. Sanya will also play the lead in Pagglait, which is being directed by Umesh Bist and co-produced by Guneet Monga and Ekta Kapoor.
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