Dileep

This article is about an Indian actor. For other uses, see Dileep (disambiguation).
In this Indian name, the name Padmanabhan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gopalakrishnan or by his stage name Dileep.

Dileep
Dileep in 2016
Born
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan [1]

(1967-10-27) 27 October 1967 (age 57)
Kochi, Kerala, India [2]
EducationBA, Mahatma Gandhi University
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • film producer
  • businessman
Years active1991–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
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(m. 1998; div. 2015)​
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(m. 2016)​
Children2
Awards

Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan [3], better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films. He has won several awards, including Kerala State Film Awards and one Filmfare Awards South.[4]

Beginning as an impressionist in stage shows, Dileep obtained recognition after being cast in the television comedy series Comicola on Asianet and its successor Cinemala. He then produced and performed in the audio cassette series De Maveli Kombathu with Nadirshah, a successful sketch comedy, which was later turned into a television series on Asianet.

He began his film career as an assistant director and worked under director Kamal in nine films, beginning with Vishnulokam in 1991, and made his acting debut with a minor role in Kamal's Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo (1992). He acted in a major role as a struggling young man who wants to meet his favourite actress in the 1994 film Manathe Kottaram taking the screen name Dileep. He established himself as a successful actor during the late 1990s, mostly playing comedic roles. In 2003, Dileep founded the film production company Graand Production, its debut film was C.I.D. Moosa.

Outside of films, Dilieep also owns the multiplex theatre D Cinemaas, and the restaurant chain Dhe Puttu. Dileep was married to actress Manju Warrier from 1998 to 2015. He married actress Kavya Madhavan in 2016.

  1. ^ "The rise and fall of Dileep". India Today. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "കണ്ണ് റഞ്ഞ് കോളേജിന്റെ പടികൾ ഇറങ്ങിയ ദിലീപ് | Dileep | Interview | G S Pradeep |" (in Malayalam). Kairali TV. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "The rise and fall of Dileep". India Today. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ^ "The 'Being Human' Salmanification of 'Janapriya Nayakan' Dileep". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[dead link‍]