| Dilip Kumar Salvadi | |
| Other Names: | Dileep Kumar |
| Years Active: | 1994-2006 2012-present |
Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominately in Telugu and Tamil films.
He started his career as a child artist between the early 1990s and 2000s starting with Number One (1994).[1] 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.[2] [3] He began his career as a lead protagonist in the movie Seenu c/o Anu (2005).[2] 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]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Saravana | Tamil | ||
| 2019 | Diksoochi | Dileep | Telugu | Also director, writer and editor |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Vandemataram | Telugu | Child artist | ||
| 1996 | Ruthuragaalu | Vardhan | Telugu | ||
| 1996-97 | Punarapi Jananam | Telugu | |||
| 1996-97 | Drusthi | Telugu | |||
| 1996-97 | Dongala Bandi | Telugu | |||
| Malle Pandhiri | Telugu | ||||
| 1996-97 | Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitha | Veera Brahma Swami | Telugu | ||
| 2022 | She | Chinnanna | Hindi | Netflix series; season 2 episode "The Test" |