Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominately in Telugu and Tamil films.

Dilip Kumar Salvadi
Other namesDileep Kumar[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • editor
Years active1994-2006
2012-present

Career

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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]

Filmography

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Child Artist
  • Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
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
Lead Actor
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
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

Television

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List of television roles
Year Film Role Language Notes
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"

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Audio Function - Seenu c/o Anu". Idlebrain.com. 18 March 2004.
  2. ^ "Diksoochi movie audio in markets". The Times of India. 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ V. Lakshmi (4 May 2013). "Title change for a reason". The Times of India.
  4. ^ Arvind (December 2012). "கோவலனின் காதலி". Thendral (in Tamil).
  5. ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (11 May 2013). "Audio Beat: Thiru Pugazh - Soothing strains". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Perazhagan director's next film titled Pagadai Pagadai". The Times of India. 12 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Pagadai Pagadai". iFlicks. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
  8. ^ "From being a child artiste to a director". Deccan Chronicle. 11 March 2019.
  9. ^ "'Diksoochi' Trailer: Dilip Kumar Salvadi's film looks like a promising devotional mystery thriller". The Times of India. 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Dilip Kumar Salvadi's Diksoochi to release on April 26". The Times of India. 24 April 2019.
  11. ^ Vyas (27 April 2019). "Diksoochi Movie Review & Rating {2.75}". The Hans India.
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