Dilip

Dilip may refer to:

Dileep (actor)

Dileep (born Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, on 27 October 1968) is an Indian film actor, singer, impressionist, producer and entrepreneur. He has been featured in more than 127 Malayalam films.

Dileep started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal in 1992. He became popular for his impressionist stage shows and the Comicola television comedy series on Asianet. His role as Dileep in Manathe Kottaram (1994) paved way to his acting career. Films such as Sallapam (1996), Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (1997), Punjabi House (1998) and Udayapuram Sulthan (1999) established Dileep's status as a prominent actor during the late 1990s.

Films such as Joker (2000), Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001), Ishtam (2001), Meesa Madhavan (2002), Kunjikoonan (2002), Kalyanaraman (2002),C.I.D. Moosa (2003), Runway (2004) and Chanthupottu (2005) established Dileep's status as a lead star in Malayalam cinema. Hence, he has been referred to as Janapriya Nayakan. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his role as Madhavan in Meesa Madhavan. He won his first Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury) for his performance in Kunjikoonan (2002) and later won the Best Actor Award for the film Vellaripravinte Changathi.

R. Dilip (Tamil actor)

Dilip (c. 1955 – 25 May 2012) was an Indian actor who starred in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films.

Career

Dilip starred with Kamal Haasan in Varumayin Niram Sivappu and Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey. He was also a part of Visu films Samsaram Adhu Minsaram and Penmani Aval Kanmani. His Malayalam film Njan Ekananu was a huge success. In the 1990s he appeared in Rajinikanth' s Valli.

Partial filmography

Death

Dilip was suffering from health ailment for the last few years of his life. He suffered a major heart attack and died on 25 May 2012.