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 predominantly 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 | Uncredited role |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Shambhala | TBA | Telugu | Also director and writer |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 1994 | Vandemataram | Telugu | Child artist | |
| 1996-97 | Punarapi Jananam | Telugu | ||
| 1996-97 | Drusthi | Telugu | ||
| 1996-97 | Dongala Bandi | Telugu | ||
| 1996-97 | Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitha | Veera Brahma Swami | Telugu | |
| 1997–2001 | Ruthuragalu | Vardhan | Telugu | |
| Malle Pandhiri | Telugu | |||
| 2022 | She | Chinnanna | Hindi | Netflix series; season 2 episode "The Test" |