Dilip Kumar Salvadi | |
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Other names | Dileep Kumar[1] |
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Years active | 1994-2006 2012-present |
Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominately in Telugu and Tamil films.
He started his career as a child artist between the early 1990s and 2000s starting with Number One (1994).[2] As a child artist, he has performed in more than 20 films, and is most noted for playing the younger version of Gopichand in Jayam (2002) and its Tamil remake.[1][3] He began his career as a lead protagonist in the movie Seenu c/o Anu (2005).[1] He continued for a decade for several films in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil. He collaborated with director Arjunaraja for three films: Maiyam Konden, Kovalanin Kadhali and Thiru-pugaz.[4][5] He starred in Sasi Shanker's Pagadai Pagadai (2014) in dual roles.[6][7]
In 2019, he worked as a director for the period film Diksoochi (2019).[8][9][10] Regarding his performance in the film, a critic wrote that "Dileep Kumar played multiple roles for the film, as an actor, as a director, and as an editor. He played his part very well in the movie. As a story-teller, he is brilliant and at the same time, as an actor, he is good. He scored good marks in the debut".[11]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Number One | Young Vijay's brother | |
Thodi Kodallu | Boy at funeral | ||
Bhale Mammayya | Chinni | ||
Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam | Young Bangaraiah's son | ||
1995 | Pokiri Raja | CM's son | |
Mounam | Kiran's son | ||
1996 | Dharma Chakram | Newspaper boy | |
College Student | Hero's Neighbour | ||
1998 | Bavagaru Bagunnara | Boy in celebration | |
Manasichi Choodu | Boy on cycle | ||
1999 | Sneham Kosam | Young Simhadri | |
Manikyam | Meenakshi's brother | ||
Anaganaga Oka Ammai | Tea shop boy | ||
2000 | Annayya | Young Rajaram | |
Manasichanu | Heroine's friend | ||
Maa Annayya | Young Madhu | ||
2001 | Daddy | Car accident boy | |
2002 | Jayam | Young Raghu | |
2003 | Jayam | Young Raghu | Tamil film |
2005 | Bhagmati | Youngster | Hindi film |
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2005 | Seenu c/o Anu | Seenu | Telugu | |
2006 | Venkat Tho Alivelu | Venkat | Telugu | |
2012 | Steps | Malayalam | ||
2013 | Maiyam Konden | Tamil | ||
Oke Oka Chance | Telugu | |||
Thiru-pugaz | Pugal | Tamil | ||
Na Sami Ranga | Seenu | Telugu | ||
2014 | Kovalanin Kadhali | Pandian | Tamil | |
Pagadai Pagadai | Saravanan, Karthik Kameshwaran |
Tamil | dual roles | |
2019 | Diksoochi | Dileep | Telugu | Also director, writer and editor |
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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1994 | Vandemataram | Telugu | Child artist | |
1996 | Ruthuragaalu | Vardhan | Telugu | |
1996-97 | Punarapi Jananam | Telugu | ||
1996-97 | Drusthi | Telugu | ||
1996-97 | Dongala Bandi | Telugu | ||
Malle Pandhiri | Telugu | |||
1996-97 | Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitha | Veera Brahma Swami | Telugu | |
2022 | She | Chinnanna | Hindi | Netflix series; season 2 episode "The Test" |