Dilip Kumar Salvadi

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

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.[6]

In 2019, he worked as a director for the period film Diksoochi (2019).[7][8][9] 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".[10] 123 Telugu was more critical of the film, calling the second part a disaster and Dilip Kumar Salvadi's acting, decent but his film direction, disappointing.[11]

Filmography

Child Artist
  • Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
1994Number OneYoung Vijay's brother
Thodi KodalluBoy at funeral
Bhale MammayyaChinni
Punya Bhoomi Naa DesamYoung Bangaraiah's son
1995Pokiri RajaCM's son
MounamKiran's son
1996Dharma ChakramNewspaper boy
College StudentHero's Neighbour
1998Bavagaru BagunnaraBoy in celebration
Manasichi ChooduBoy on cycle
1999Sneham KosamYoung Simhadri
ManikyamMeenakshi's brother
Anaganaga Oka AmmaiTea shop boy
2000AnnayyaYoung Rajaram
ManasichanuHeroine friend
Maa AnnayyaYoung Madhu
2001DaddyCar accident boy
2002JayamYoung Raghu
2003JayamYoung RaghuTamil film
2005BhagmatiYoungsterHindi film
Lead Actor
Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005Seenu c/o AnuSeenuTelugu
2006Venkat Tho AliveluVenkatTelugu
2012StepsMalayalam
2013Maiyam KondenTamil
Oke Oka ChanceTelugu
Thiru-pugazPugalTamil
Na Sami RangaSeenuTelugu
2014Kovalanin KadhaliPandianTamil
Pagadai PagadaiSaravanaTamil
2019DiksoochiDileepTeluguAlso director, writer and editor

Television

List of television roles
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1994VandemataramTeluguChild artist
1996RuthuragaaluVardhanTelugu
1996-97Punarapi JananamTelugu
1996-97DrusthiTelugu
1996-97Dongala BandiTelugu
1996-97Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami CharithaVeera Brahma SwamiTelugu
2022SheChinnannaHindiNetflix series; season 2 episode "The Test"

References

12. https://m.timesofindia.com/topic/Dilip-Kumar-Salvadi/ampdefault