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Dileep (born Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, on 27 October 1968) is an Indian film actor, singer, mimicry artist, producer, and entrepreneur. He has starred in over a 130 Malayalam films.
Dileep started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal in 1991. He became popular for his mimicry 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), Udayapuram Sulthan (1999), and Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) established his status as a prominent actor during the late-1990s.
After delivering back-to-back hits in the early-2000s with films such as Thenkasipattanam (2000), Joker (2000), Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001), Ishtam (2001), Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002) and Kalyanaraman (2002), Dileep established himself as a bankable lead star in Malayalam cinema, especially with the blockbuster success of Meesa Madhavan (2002). 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 as Kunjan in Kunjikoonan (2002) and later won the Best Actor Award for his performance as Mukkom Shajahan in the film Vellaripravinte Changathi (2011).
Dileep ventured into production, and produced and starred in C.I.D. Moosa (2003) under the banner Graand Production. Kathavasheshan (2004) won Dileep the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film as a producer. In 2008, under the banner of Graand Production, Dileep produced Twenty:20 by casting most of the mainstream actors of Malayalam cinema, which had become the highest grossing Malayalam film at that time. He produced the multi-starrer in order to raise funds for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).
Dileep may refer to:
- Dilīpa or Dileep: King in Hindu mythology
- Dileep (actor) (born Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai in 1968), Indian film actor and producer known for his Malayalam films
- Dilip Kumar Bollywood (born Yusuf Khan in 1922) Indian film actor
- A. R. Rahman (born Dileep Kumar in 1966), Indian composer, musician, and record producer
- Dileep Nair former United Nations Under Secretary General
- Dilip (Tamil actor), Indian actor of the Tamil films Varumayin Niram Sivappu and Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey fame
- Dileep Rao American actor
- Dileepbhai Sanghani (born 1954), politician
- Dilip Sardesai (1940–2007), former test cricketer
- Dileep Vengsarkar ex Indian Cricket team captain.
- Dilip R Vellodi American Businessman and founder of Sutherland Global Services Inc