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Dileep (actor)

Dileep, born Gopala Krishnan (ദീലീപ്)is a popular Malayalam film actor. He worked as an asistant to director Kamal and has also produced a few films. Dileep, who began his career as a mimicry artist, excels in films particularly of the comedy genre, though there is criticism from certain quarters that he is being stereotyped in comic roles.

Biography

Early life

Dileep was born on october 27, 1969 in Desom, Aluva, Ernakulam. His original name is Gopalakrishnan. He studied in VVBHS high school (passed 10th Standard in 1985) and joined Aluva U.C. College(Pre-degree - 3rd group - 1985- 1987) and then moved on to Ernakulam Maharajas College. His talent for acting was not known in school and college where he rarely won any accolades or merits. Gopalakrishan was an average student. During 1985-1987 he tried to perform as a mimicry artist in U.C. college but was not successful. On joining Maharajas college for B.A. Economics in 1989 Gopalakrisnan started to take mimicry seriously. Mimicry was only getting its roots in Kerala and it had a bright future. When Dileep finished his studies with M.A. History, he decided to choose art as his profession.

Career

Dileep started his career in a troupe called Kalabhavan, working as a Mimicry artist. Later he got a chance to be the assistant director to director Kamal. While being an assistant director, Dileep did some small roles, debuting with just a small scene in Ennodu Ishtam Koodaamo (1992). The film Manathe Kottaram(1994) gave him the first break as the hero. The film Sallapam (1996) was a turning point in his career, where he graduated to serious roles.

His comic timing and dialogue delivery in films like Thenkasipattanam",Kalyana Sougandhikam(1996), Punjabi House(1998) and Ee Parakkum Thalika(2001) made him very popular among the Malayali audience. He rose to stardom with later films like Joker and Meesha Madhavan. His following films such as Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, CID Moosa were super hits of Malayalam film industry. He is known by critics to have brought about the rise of "Slapstick comedy" in Malayalam cinema which till then was known to be "realistic" and effective.

Dileep ventured out of his comedy track sometimes and got critically acclaimed. His role in the offbeat film Kadhavaseshan(2004) was well appreciated. His role as a transvestite man from the family of fishermen in Chanthupottu (2005) won him many accolades, including special jury award of the Kerala State Film Awards. He fared as an action hero in Runway(2004),'kochirajavu(2005)' Lion(2006), Chess(2006), DON(2006). In them Runway and Lion done well and become superhits. Chess become a hit film and DON reported average.

His first film with the acclaimed director Sathyan Anthikkad, titiled Vinodayathra, was released in April 2007. It is one of the appreciated Malayalam movie hits of the year 2007.Dileep's new film is with the master director sidhque.the film's name is BODYGAURD.

Personal life

He is married to former Malayalam cinema actress Manju Warrier. Their marriage created a controversy on whether married heroines have to leave the field or not as Manju Warrier was the leading female actor in the malayalam cinema industry at that time and she chose not to act after marriage. They got married on 20 October 1998 at Aluva Srikrishna Temple. The couple have one daughter, Meenakshi.

Awards

Kerala State film Special Jury Award 2002 for Kunjikkoonan
Mathrubhumi popular actor of the year 2002 award
Kerala State film Special Jury Award 2005 for Chandhupottu

Filmography

Malayalam Films

Year	Film	Co-Stars	Director
2009	Guiness Guilbert	Navya Nair, Biju Menon	Roshan andrews
2009	Untitled	Not Fixed	M.G.Sasi
2009	Passenger	Sreenivasan, Mamta	Ranjith Sankar
2009	Colours	Roma	RajBabu
2009	Body Gaurd	Kavya Madhavan	Siddique
2008	Moses.B.Samuel	Mamtha(Not Fixed)	Fazil
2008	Crazy Rascals	Radha, Salim Kumar	Deepu Karunakaran
2008	Twenty 20	Mammootty, Mohanlal	Joshy
2008	Mulla	Meera Nandan, Biju Menon, Bhavana	Lal Jose
2008	Calcutta News	Meera Jasmine, Vimala Raman	Blessey
2007	Romeo	Vimala Raman	Rajasenan
2007	July 4	Roma	Joshy
2007	Speed Track	Kajala, Rias Khan	Jayasurya
2007	Vinodhayatra	Meera Jasmine, Mukesh	Sathyan Anthikkad
2007	Inspector Garud	Kavya Madhavan	Jhony Antony
2006	Chakkaramuthu	Kavya Madhavan	Lohitadas
2006	The Don	Gopika	Shaji Kailas
2006	Chess	Bhavana Balachandran	Raj Babu
2006	Pachakkuthira	Gopika	Kamal
2006	Lion	Kavya Madhavan, Karthika	Joshi
2005	Chandhupottu	Gopika, Bhavana Balachandran	Lal Jose
2005	Pandippada	Navya Nair, Prakash Raj	Rafi Mecartin
2005	Kochi Rajavu	Kavya Madhavan, Rambha	Jhony Antony
2004	Rasikan	Siddarth, Samvrutha Sunil	Laljose
2004	Perumazhakkalam	Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan	Kamal
2004	Kadhavaseshan	Jyothirmayi	T V Chandran
2004	Vettam	Bhavana Puri	Priyadarshan
2004	Runway	Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith	Joshi
2004	Thekkekara Super Fast	Mukesh
2003	Pattanathil Sundaran	Navya Nair	Vipin Mohan
2003	War and Love	Laila	Vinayan
2003	Mizhi Randilum	Kavya Madhavan	Ranjith
2003	C.I.D. Moosa	Bhavana Balachandran, Ashish Vidyarthi	Jhony Antony
2003	Gramaphone	Meera Jasmine, Navya Nair	Kamal
2003	Sadanandante Samayam	Kavya Madhavan	Akbar Jose
2003	Thilakkam	Kavya Madhavan, Bhavana Balachandran	Jayaraj
2002	Kalyanaraman	Navya Nair, Jyothirmayi	Shafi
2002	Meesha Madhavan	Kavya Madhavan, Jyothirmayi	Lal Jose
2002	Kuberan	Samyuktha Varma	Sunder Das
2002	Kunjikkoonan	Navya Nair, Manya, Nithya Das	Sashi shankar
2002	Mazhathullikkilukkam	Navya Nair	Akbar Jose
2001	Ishtam	Navya Nair, Jyothirmayi	Sibi Malayil
2001	Ee Parakkum Thalika	Nithya Das	Thaha
2001	Soothradharan	Meera Jasmine, Cochin Haneefa	Lohitadas
2001	Dosth	Kunchacko Boban, Kavya Madhavan	Thulasi Das
2001	Rakshasa Rajav	Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Meena, Manya	Vinayan
2000	Joker	Manya	Lohithadas
2000	Thenkasipattanam	Suresh Gopi, Lal, Samyuktha Varma, Geethu Mohandas	Rafi Mecartin
2000	Darling Darling	Vineeth, Kavya Madhavan	Rajesenan
2000	Mr.Butler	Innocent
2000	Varnnakazhchakal	Sangeetha, Poornima Indrajith	Sunder Das

1990's

Year	Film	Co-Stars	Director
1999	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil	Kavya Madhavan, Samyuktha Varma,laljose	laljose
1999	Deepasthambham Mahascharyam	Sangeetha, Jomol	K.B.Madhu
1999	Megham	Mammootty, Priya Gill, Pooja Batra	Priyadarshan
1999	Pranaya Nilavu	Mohini	Vinayan
1999	Udayapuram Sulthan	Preetha Vijayakumar,Captain Raju,Narendra Prasad	Jose Thomas
1998	Anuragakottaram	Suvalakshmi	Vinayan
1998	Kaikudunna Nilavu	Jayaram, Shalini, Ranjitha	Kamal
1998	Kallu Kondoru Pennu	Vijayashanti	Shyamaprasad
1998	Manthri Maalikayil Manasammatham	Vishnu	Ansar Kalabhavan
1998	Meenathil Thalikettu	Sulekha	Rajan Shankaradi
1998	Ormacheppu	Lal, Chanchal	Lohithadas
1998	Punjabi House	Mohini	rafimecartin
1998	Sundarakilladi	Shalini Kumar	Muraleekrishnan
1998	Vismayam	Innocent, Nedumudi Venu	Raghunath Paleri
1997	Varnapakittu	Mohanlal, Divya Unni, Meena	i v sasi
1997	Kaliyoonjal	Mammootty, Shalini Kumar, Shobhana	AnilBabu
1997	Kalyanapittennu	Priya Raman, Anju Aravind	K.K.Haridas
1997	Kudamattom	Manju Warrier	Sundar Das
1997	Manasam	Biju Menon	Sudheesh
1997	Manthramothiram	Kalabhavan Mani	Sasisankar
1997	Mayaponman	Mohini	Thulasidas
1997	Nee Varuvolam	Divya Unni	Sibi Malayil
1997	Ullasappoonkattu	Mohini	Vinayan
1996	Ee Puzhayum Kadannu	Manju Warrier, Mohini	Kamal
1996	Kalyana Sowgandhikam	Divya Unni	Vinayan
1996	Kudumbakodathi	Mohini, Innocent	Viji Thamby
1996	Malayala Masom Chingam Onnu	Premkumar,Biju Menon	Nizar
1996	Patanayakan	VijayaRaghavan	Nizar
1996	Saamoohyapadom	Prem Kumar	Kareem
1996	Sallapam	Manju Warrier	Sundardas
1996	Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran	Jayaram, Annie	Rajasenan
1996	Thooval Kottaram	Jayaram, Manju Warrier	Sathyan Anthikkad
1996	Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam	K.K.Haridas
1996	Kokkarakko	Vijayakumar	K.K.Haridas
1996	Sindoora Rekha	Suresh Gopi	Sibi Malayil
1995	Thirumanassu	SaiKumar
1995	Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka	Kushboo	Sunil
1995	Three Men Army	Devayani	Nizar
1994	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu	Urvasi	Viji Thamby
1994	Sudhinam	Jayaram,Madhavi	Nizar
1994	Manathe Kottaram	Kushboo	Sunil
1993	Sainyam	Mammootty, Mukesh, Vikram,Priya Raman,	joshy
1992	Ennodishtam Koodamo	Mukesh,Madhubala	Kamal