Dilip Kumar Salvadi
Other names	Dileep Kumar[1]
Occupations	Actor director editor
Years active	1994-2006 2012-present

Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominantly inTelugu andTamil films.

He started his career as a child artist between the early 1990s and 2000s starting withNumber One (1994).^[2] As a child artist, he has performed in more than 20 films, and is most noted for playing the younger version ofGopichand inJayam (2002) and itsTamil remake.^[1][3] He began his career as a lead protagonist in the movieSeenu c/o Anu (2005).^[1] 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 andThiru-pugaz.^[4][5] He starred inSasi Shanker'sPagadai Pagadai (2014) in dual roles.^[6][7]

In 2019, he worked as a director for the period filmDiksoochi (2019).^[8][9][10] 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".^[11]

Child Artist

• Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Lead Actor

• Dilip Kumar Salvadi atIMDb

• Actors in Telugu cinema
• Actors in Tamil cinema
• Male actors in Malayalam cinema
• Actors in Hindi cinema
• Telugu film directors
• 1985 births
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