Dinesh Mangaluru
Indian actor and art director (1970/1971–2025)
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Dinesh Mangaluru (1969 or 1970 – 25 August 2025) was an Indian actor.
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1988–2025
Dinesh Mangaluru | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–2025 |
Life and career
Mangaluru began acting in the theatre. Throughout his career, he worked on hundreds of films as an Art director. He primarily worked in Kannada cinema.[1] He was known for playing The Bombay Don in the KGF film series.[2]
Mangaluru died in Kundapura, Karnataka on 25 August 2025, at the age of 55.[2]
Selected filmography
- Aasphota (1988)
- Nagamandala (1996)
- Z (1999)
- Atithi (2002)
- Smile (2003)
- Durgi (2004)
- Rakshasa (2005)
- Shubham (2006)
- Aa Dinagalu (2007) as Seetharam Shetty
- Inthi Ninna Preethiya (2008)
- Ambari (2009) as Saro's father
- Savari (2009)
- Prarthane (2012)
- Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014) as Shankar Poojary
- Rana Vikrama (2015) as Kulakarni
- Ricky (2016) as Radhakrishna's Uncle
- Kirik Party (2016) as Karna's Father
- KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) as Shetty
- Alidu Ulidavaru (2019)
- Bell Bottom (2019) as Chamanlal Seth
- Shivarjuna (2020) as MLA
- Arjun Gowda (2021)
- Harikathe Alla Girikathe (2022) as Jokumaraswamy
- 777 Charlie (2022) as SI Ranjan Shetty
- KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) as Shetty
- Ramabanam (2023) as Guptha
- Bhuvanam Gaganam (2025)
- Shesha 2016 (2026)
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