Acting

Dileep

Born October 27, 1967 · Edavanakkad, Kochi, Kerala, India (age 58)

Dileep (born Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai) is a popular Malayalam actor, producer, and businessman. Starting his career as a mimicry artist, he rose to fame in the 1990s with his natural comic timing and went on to become one of the biggest stars in Malayalam cinema. Known for his versatility, Dileep has appeared in over 150 films ranging from slapstick comedies to family dramas and action pa…

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Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal · 2013

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal

MovieComedyRomance

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal narrates the sequence of events that follow the protagonist's bachelor party.

Runway

Unni due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler Valayar Paramasivam in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check post Walayar.

King Liar

King Liar · 2016

Sathyanarayanan, who has an uncanny talent to deceive people, falls in love with Anjali, an aspiring model. He convinces her that he will help her enter the fashion world using his expertise.

Kaliyoonjal

Kaliyoonjal · 1997

Kaliyoonjal movie portrays a brother to a disturbed sister. The sister, played by Shalini, is mentally disturbed if any thing goes against her will. She is possessive of her brother and creates a havoc when she gets angry. Enter Shobhana who marries Mammootty and Dileep, who plays Shobhana's brother and marries Shalini, and problems start up in the family.

Bha. Bha. Ba.

Bha. Bha. Ba. · 2025

MovieComedyAction

After the Chief Minister of Kerala is kidnapped, a determined investigator is brought in to track down the mysterious abductor, uncovering hidden motives and secrets behind the crime.

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath · 2013

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

MovieActionComedy

Raja Raja Kammath and Deva Raja Kammath are two brothers who owns a chain of restaurants that specializes in making Dosa. The story begins when they come to Palakkad to open a new restaurant.

Vettam

Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter

Ee Parakkum Thalika

Ee Parakkum Thalika · 2001

Ee Parakkum Thalika

Unnikrishnan owns an old bus, received as a compensation for his father's road accident and he is facing lots of consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus. The plot took a turn when a girl named Basanthi entered the bus as a nomad

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Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal · 2013

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal

MovieComedyRomance

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal narrates the sequence of events that follow the protagonist's bachelor party.

Aby Mathew

Runway

Unni due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler Valayar Paramasivam in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check post Walayar.

Unni Damodhar/Valayar Paramasivam

King Liar

King Liar · 2016

Sathyanarayanan, who has an uncanny talent to deceive people, falls in love with Anjali, an aspiring model. He convinces her that he will help her enter the fashion world using his expertise.

Sathyanarayanan

Kaliyoonjal

Kaliyoonjal · 1997

Kaliyoonjal movie portrays a brother to a disturbed sister. The sister, played by Shalini, is mentally disturbed if any thing goes against her will. She is possessive of her brother and creates a havoc when she gets angry. Enter Shobhana who marries Mammootty and Dileep, who plays Shobhana's brother and marries Shalini, and problems start up in the family.

Venu

Bha. Bha. Ba.

Bha. Bha. Ba. · 2025

MovieComedyAction

After the Chief Minister of Kerala is kidnapped, a determined investigator is brought in to track down the mysterious abductor, uncovering hidden motives and secrets behind the crime.

Ram Damodar 'Radarr'

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath · 2013

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

MovieActionComedy

Raja Raja Kammath and Deva Raja Kammath are two brothers who owns a chain of restaurants that specializes in making Dosa. The story begins when they come to Palakkad to open a new restaurant.

Deva Raja Kammath

Vettam

Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter

Gopalakrishnan

Ee Parakkum Thalika

Ee Parakkum Thalika · 2001

Ee Parakkum Thalika

Unnikrishnan owns an old bus, received as a compensation for his father's road accident and he is facing lots of consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus. The plot took a turn when a girl named Basanthi entered the bus as a nomad

Unnikrishnan B.

Thooval Kottaram

Thooval Kottaram · 1996

Thooval Kottaram

Mohanachandra Poduval, is a lawyer, also working as a plumber, caterer, electrical worker, driver and chenda player at festival programs. He is engaged to Sujatha, a music and dance teacher, who is the daughter of Achu Marar. Things go smoothly until Devaprabha and her grandfather Rama Varma arrive in the village. The heiress of the royal family, Devaprabha forms a strong relationship with Mohanachandran.

Rameshchandra Pothuval

Spanish Masala

Spanish Masala · 2012

MovieComedyRomance

Charlie who comes to Spain with a group of artists wants to live a new life, so he runs away from the group to find another job. Later, under some circumstances, his talent for cooking gets him the job of a chef for the Spanish ambassador.

Charlie

Garbhasreeman

Garbhasreeman · 2014

Sudeendran belongs to a poor family and is willing to be experimented upon by Dr. Roy Matthew who wants to see if a man can get pregnant. The experiment is successful and impregnates Sudeendran.

Storyteller (voice)

Ullasappoonkattu

Ullasappoonkattu · 1997

Ullasappoonkattu

MovieRomanceComedy

Unni (Dileep) tries to help a rich old man (Fernandez)to get a young girl to marry, in exchange for money he needs to pay his family's debt, but ends up falling in love with her.

Unni

Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam

Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam · 1995

Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam

Story of a guy, who wants to end his life by suicide, but fails every time.

Kunjananthan

Manthramothiram

Manthramothiram · 1997

Manthramothiram

Kumaran works in a barber shop and is a part-time stage actor. He does not know where his father is. But he must find him when his employer makes that a condition for Kumaran to marry his daughter.

Assistant Director

Kammara Sambhavam

Kammara Sambhavam · 2018

Kammara Sambhavam

Set against the backdrop of World War 2, the film spans over three different phases of the life of the protagonist Kammaran who gets inspired by freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and joins INA to secure Indian independence from British rule.

Kammaran

Sainyam

Sainyam · 1993

The story involves the life of Indian Air force officer (Group captain Eashwar) who engages himself into a project called "Red Alert" which involves the renovation of condemned Aircraft. He is 35 unmarried and interested in Research wing of Indian Air force. Eshwar is assisted by Wing Commander Zakir (Mukesh).

Cadet 'Kokku' Thomas

Aana Alaralodalaral

Aana Alaralodalaral · 2017

Aana Alaralodalaral

Hashim, a young boy living in the neighborhoods of an affluent Hindu family that owns an elephant named Shekarankutty, is accused of stealing the tusker's golden chain. Hashim's family is shamed by the rich for the crime and they are forced to leave the village. Years later, Hashim, now a wealthy man returns to the village, only to see the once affluent family is now facing financial crisis. What happens next, forms the crux.

Elephant (Voice)

China Town

China Town · 2011

MovieActionComedy

Three childhood friends Mathukutty, Binoy and Zachariah re-unite in Goa to fight a Casino don who was responsible for the deaths of their fathers.

Binoy

Mazhayethum Munpe

Mazhayethum Munpe · 1995

Mazhayethum Munpe

MovieRomanceDrama

Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves the rest of the story.

Assistant Director

Love 24x7

Love 24x7 · 2015

MovieRomanceDrama

A love story set in the backdrop of media. The movie is written and directed by debutante Sreebala K Menon. Dileep plays Rupesh Nambiar, who works in a news channel. Nikhila Pavithran plays the female lead. She does the role of news reader Kabani. Sreenivasan plays the channel editor Ummer Abdulla. The movie showcases many interesting facts about media.

Producer

Nadodimannan

Nadodimannan · 2013

MovieComedyDrama

In Nadodimannan, Padmanabhan plays a village youth who does not have a particular inclination towards any political party and joins any protest being held. He earns a living by participating in demonstrations for various political parties. He then reaches the city where he is strung to the upper levels of society and gets elected as the Mayor. His conflicts and attempts to cleanse the city form the rest of the story

Padmanabhan

Gramophone

Gramophone · 2003

Sachidanandan (Dileep) runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramophone records. Sachi hates music, as he believes that his father has not made any money out of it. Aryadevi, a famous singer, who has been given her first break by Raveendran, comes to Kochi from Bombay with her daughter Pooja (Navya Nair).

Sachidanandan

Alancheri Thamprakkal

Alancheri Thamprakkal · 1995

Alancheri Thamprakkal

MovieDramaComedy

Two brothers, Chathukutty and Chandappan, live a happy life with their families. However, problems start brewing when a tenant moves into their house

Unni

Kalyanapittannu

Kalyanapittannu · 1997

Kalyanapittannu

MovieRomanceComedy

Jagathi a wedding broker helps two poor men, Dileep and Mukesh marry into a rich family through lies, but ends up blackmailing them for a large brokerage fee in return.