Dilip Dhawan

Dilip Dhawan (1955–2000) was a film and television actor.

Starting his career as a child artiste in Sangharsh (1968), featuring Dilip Kumar, Dhawan acted in over 50 films.

He acted as the hero in the movie Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. Best known for his role as Guru in the television serial Nukkad, Dhawan also acted in serials like Janam, Deewar and Tere Mere Sapne. He was a well-known movie actor, known for mostly supporting roles (and a few major roles) in Ek Baar Kaho (1980), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Sazaye Maut (1981), Saaheb (1985), Dak Bangla (1987), Hero Hiralal (1988), Swarg (1990), Izzatdaar (1990), Heena (1991), Madhosh (1994), Yash (1996), Virasat (1997), Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999) and Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya (2000).

He was also the producer of the movie Saath Saath made in 1982.

He died on 15 February 2000, in Mumbai, at the age of 45, of a heart attack.

He has two brothers in the film industry - Anil Dhawan and David Dhawan

Dilip

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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.