Dinesh Prabhakar Explained

Dinesh Prabhakar
Birth Name:Dinesh Nair
Birth Place:Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:actor, Executive producer, Casting director
Yearsactive:2002 – present
Notable Works:Meesa Madhavan, Lukka Chuppi, Jacobinte Swargarajyam, Drishyam 2, Malik (film)
Spouse:Sreerekha Dinesh
Father:Prabhakaran Nair
Mother:Sarojini Amma
Children:Vibha Nair

Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films.[1] [2]

Early life

Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala. He was passionate about Cinema and Media from the childhood itself. This passion tempted him to discontinue from studies during his college years at Sree Sankara College. Passionate about the movies and fascinated to Hindi language during school days with heavy influence by the Doordarshan serials like Circus (Indian TV series), Humraahi, Tamas (film) and the programs like Chitrahaar & Surabhi (TV series) he then moved to Mumbai in the early 1990s where his elder sister stays. He started to work as a medical shop assistant for a living along with learning the language Hindi. The life in Mumbai played a major role in helping his growth in acting, dubbing, casting any many more roles he has done during his film journey. During his stay in Mumbai he was eagerly trying to get into the silverscreen but in vain. His movie career started with a small role in the film Meesa Madhavan in 2002. This role helped him to bag couple of more roles in main stream Malayalam films. Meanwhile along with his fellow dubbing artist and friend Jismon he started an advertisement agency.[3]

Career

Prabhakar started his film career as a dubbing artist for many popular Ad films. He had lent his voice for most of the popular ads which featured Sharukh Khan, Aamir Khan & Amitabh Bachan in the Malayalam versions. Meanwhile along with his fellow dubbing artist and friend Jis Joy he started an advertisement agency. Dubbing and the advertisement agency had become his pathway to the movie field. He is considered as the first casting director of Malayalam film industry.[4]

Personal life

Dinesh is married to Sreerekha. They have a daughter Vibha Nair who is studying now .

Filmography

As actor

Malayalam films

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Nammal College student
Meesa Madhavan Manoharan
2003 Pattalam Satheeshan
Swapnakoodu Anpazhakan
2004 Rasikan Raj Kumar
2005 Rappakal Govindan
2006 Karutha Pakshikal Babu
2008 Thalappavu Dinesh
2010 Aagathan Dasappan
Best Actor Assistant Director
2012 Matinee
Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.
Namukku Parkkan
Orange
2013 God for Sale Hari
Left Right Left Anil
Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum Adv. Ashokan
2014 1983 Saji a.k.a. Ambrose Saji
Beware of dogs Freddy
Money Ratnam Cleetus
Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram Chettupara Sasi
Homely Meals Lalan
2015 Ayal Njanalla Christopher Vasco
Jamna Pyari Aadu Thoma
Kohinoor St Johnson
Kunjiramayanam Ramachandran
Love 24x7 Channel Employee
Lukka Chuppi Benny Chacko
Pathemari Sudhakaran
Premam Lonappan
Rockstar Rarichan
Two Countries Driver(Cameo)
2016 Jacobinte Swargarajyam Sijoy
Kavi Uddheshichathu..?
Kolamass
Kolumittayi
Monsoon Mangoes Reporter
Oozham Selvam
Paavada Thattukada Kunjumon
2017 Solo Prabha
Sherlock Toms Cost Gangu
2018 AamiAngry Husband of Madhavikutty fan
2019 Sathyam Paranja ViswasikkuvoPrasad
Prakashante Metro[5]
Sayanna Varthakal
2021 Drishyam 2 Rajan
Malik Peter Esthappan [6]
2022 Bro Daddy James
The Teacher Vishwambaran
Veekam [7]
2023 Garudan Saji
2024 Kunddala Puranam [8]

Other Language films

+KeyDenotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language
2013 Madras Cafe LTF (Based on LTTE) Militant Hindi
2015 Waiting Lucky Hindi
2017 Chef Alex Oomen[9] Hindi
Solo PrabhaTamil
2019 Nerkonda Paarvai Police Inspector KandhasamyTamil
Bakrid Sundaram Tamil
2022Valimai DCP Rajangam Tamil
L. D. GopalTamil
Hindi
Sardar Chittagong prison guard Tamil

As casting director

+KeyDenotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film
2013 Thira
2015 Lukka Chuppi
2016 Jacobinte Swargarajyam

As dubbing artist

Year Film Actor
2013 Amen Makarand Deshpande
2015 Two Countries Makarand Deshpande
Double BarrelAfrican
LaddooCharlie
2016 Devi
Pulimurugan
2022 PS: I (Malayalam) Vikram Prabhu

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Actor and face-finder. 6 April 2016 . Deccan Chronicle. 19 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Dubai-based Bash Mohammed casts Dinesh Prabhakar. Gauri. Deepa. July 11, 2016. Khaleej Times. 2017-01-19.
  3. News: 2017-10-09. Living a dream The Hindu. The Hindu . 2021-10-24. Anand . Shilpa Nair .
  4. Web site: 'The Casting Trick': An Interview With Casting Director Dinesh Prabhakar. Gopalakirshnan. Aswathy. 10 November 2016. Silverscreen India . 2021-10-24.
  5. News: The Hindu . 2 May 2019 . I am recognised as an artiste and that matters the most: Dinesh Prabhakar . en-IN . 16 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231016153209/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dinesh-prabhakar-on-his-new-release-prakashante-metro-in-which-he-plays-the-protagonist-and-his-career/article27011880.ece . 16 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Watch Malik Malayalam Movie on Amazon Prime Video - indvox. 7 July 2021 . 2021-07-08. en-US.
  7. News: 2023-01-31 . 'Veekam' OTT release date: When and where to watch Dhyan Sreenivasan's crime thriller . The Economic Times . 2023-02-18 . 0013-0389.
  8. Web site: 2024-06-28 . Kunddala Puranam Review: The Right Dose Of Feel-good That Can Be Enjoyed At Every Watch . 2024-07-09 . Times Now . en.
  9. News: Jayaram. Deepika. Dinesh Prabhakar talks about being part of 'Chef'. Times of India. 19 January 2017.