Malkani's first television role was in Star One's romantic drama Miley Jab Hum Tum as Adhiraj Singh which he begun in 2009. It wrapped up in 2010. He got praise portraying Anukalp Gandhi in Ram Milaayi Jodi on Zee TV in 2010 but quit in 2011 to search for film work. Later, his film debut Horror Story was also released and he also starred in Bezubaan Ishq. Malkani made a comeback to television in 2017; he played Raj in the web series Ragini MMS: Returns. As of September 2018, he is portraying Akshat Jindal alias AJ in Zee TV's Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega.