Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films.
Career He started his career as a child artist between the early 1990s and 2000s starting with Number One (1994). 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. He began his career as a lead protagonist in the movie Seenu c/o Anu (2005). 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. He starred in Sasi Shanker's Pagadai Pagadai (2014) in dual roles.
In 2019, he worked as a director for the period film Diksoochi (2019). 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".
Filmography Child Artist Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted. + Filmography Year Film RoleNotes1994 Number One Young Vijay's brother Thodi Kodallu Boy at funeral Bhale Mammayya Chinni Punya Bhoomi Naa DesamYoung Bangaraiah's son1995 Pokiri Raja CM's son MounamKiran's son1996 Dharma Chakram Newspaper boy College StudentHero's Neighbour1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara Boy in celebration Uncredited roleManasichi ChooduBoy on cycle1999 Sneham Kosam Young Simhadri ManikyamMeenakshi's brotherAnaganaga Oka AmmaiTea shop boy 2000 Annayya Young Rajaram ManasichanuHeroine's friend Maa Annayya Young Madhu 2001DaddyCar accident boy 2002 Jayam Young Raghu 2003 Jayam Young Raghu Tamil film 2005 Bhagmati Youngster Hindi film
Lead Actor + Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 2005 Seenu c/o Anu Seenu Telugu 2006 Venkat Tho Alivelu Venkat 2012 Steps Malayalam2013 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 dual roles 2019 Diksoochi Dileep TeluguAlso director, writer and editor 2026 Shambhala Also director and writer
Television + List of television roles Year Film Role Language Notes 1994 Vandemataram Telugu Child artist 1996-97 Punarapi Jananam 1996-97 Drusthi 1996-97 Dongala Bandi 1996-97 Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitha Veera Brahma Swami 19972001 Ruthuragalu Vardhan Malle Pandhiri 2022 She Chinnanna Hindi Netflix series; season 2 episode "The Test"
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