Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, besides a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting. Dulquer is a recipient of several awards including, five Filmfare Awards South, a Kerala State Film Award, a Kerala Film Critics Association Award, and a Gaddar Telangana State Film Award.
After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with Second Show (2012). He has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several critically and commercially successful films including Ustad Hotel (2012), ABCD (2013), Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013), Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), Bangalore Days (2014), Vikramadithyan (2014), O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), Charlie (2015), Kali (2016), Kammatipaadam (2016), Jomonte Suvisheshangal (2017), Mahanati (2018), Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2020), Kurup (2021), Sita Ramam (2022) and Lucky Baskhar (2024).
Films
+ Year Title Role Language Notes 2012 Second Show Harilal "Lalu"Malayalam Debut film Ustad Hotel Faizal "Faizi" Abdul Razak Theevram Harsha Vardhan 2013 ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi Jones Isaac 5 Sundarikal Injured stuntmanAnthology film; Kullante Bharya segment Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi Kassi Pattam Pole Karthikeyan "Karthi" 2014 Salalah Mobiles Afzal Vaayai Moodi PesavumAravind TamilBilingual film; Tamil debut; Shot simultaneously in Malayalam as Samsaaram Arogyathinu Haanikaram Bangalore Days Arjun "Aju"Malayalam Vikramadithyan Adithyan Menon "Aadhi" Njaan K. T. N. Kottoor & Ravi ChandrasekharDual role 2015 100 Days of Love Balan K. Nair & Rocky K. Nair O Kadhal Kanmani Aditya "Aadhi" VaradarajanTamil Charlie CharlieMalayalam 2016 Kali Siddharth Kammatipaadam Krishnan Annmariya Kalippilaanu Angel Cameo 2017 Jomonte Suvisheshangal Jomon T. Vincent Comrade in America Aji "Ajipan" Mathew Parava Imran Extended Cameo Solo Shekhar, Trilok, Siva & Rudra RamachandranMalayalamTamil Bilingual film; Quadruple role 2018 Mahanati Gemini GanesanTelugu Telugu debut Karwaan Avinash RajpurohitHindi Hindi debut 2019 Oru Yamandan Premakadha Mohanlal John Kombanayil alias LalluMalayalam The Zoya Factor Nikhil KhodaHindi 2020 Varane Avashyamund Bibeesh P. "Fraud"Malayalam Also producer Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal SiddharthTamil Maniyarayile Ashokan ArjunMalayalam Cameo; Also producer 2021 Kurup Sudhakara Kurup / Gopi Krishnan Pillai / Alexander Gelmosby Also producer 2022 Hey Sinamika YaazhanTamil Salute Aravind KarunakaranMalayalam Also producerSita Ramam Lieutenant RamTelugu Chup: Revenge of the Artist Sebastian Gomes aka Danny Hindi2023 King of Kotha Raju Madrassi alias "Kotha Raju"Malayalam Also producer 2024 Kalki 2898 AD CaptainTelugu CameoLucky Baskhar Baskhar Kumar 2025 Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Charlie Malayalam Cameo; Also producer Kaantha Thiruchengode Kalidasa Mahadevan "TKM" Tamil Also producer ChampionGeorge C. WilliamsTeluguCameo https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/champion-x-twitter-review-superb-movie-decent-watch-roshan-meka-starrer-impresses-netizens 2026 I'm Game Dan John Malayalam Also producer Krishna TeluguFilming 2027 Filming
Television + Year Title Role Language Network 2023 Guns & Gulaabs Arjun Varma Hindi Netflix
Music video + Year Title Performers Language 2023"Heeriye"Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh Hindi2026"Bheegi Bheegi"A R Ameen, Jasleen Royal
Other crew positions Year Title Role Language 2014 Koothara Trailer narrator Malayalam 2016 Mudhugauv Narrator 2017 Pokkiri Simon 2019 Margamkali Baby (voice) 2020 Maniyarayile Ashokan Co-producer; Narrator 2021 Maara Voiceover in trailer 2022 Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan Distributor, producer Pyali Co-producer; distributorRorschachDistributor 2023Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Adi Producer, distributor Kannur Squad Distributor Kaathal – The Core2024 Turbo Devara: Part 1 2025 Dominic and the Ladies' Purse 3BHK Su From So Chatha Pacha: The Ring Of Rowdies 2026 Youth
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See also List of awards and nominations received by Dulquer Salmaan
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