Dulquer Salmaan filmography
List of films with Dulquer Salmaan
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Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, besides a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting. Dulquer is a recipient of several awards including, five Filmfare Awards South, a Kerala State Film Award, a Kerala Film Critics Association Award, and a Gaddar Telangana State Film Award.
After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with Second Show (2012). He has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several critically and commercially successful films including Ustad Hotel (2012), ABCD (2013), Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013), Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), Bangalore Days (2014), Vikramadithyan (2014), O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), Charlie (2015), Kali (2016), Kammatipaadam (2016), Jomonte Suvisheshangal (2017), Mahanati (2018), Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2020), Kurup (2021), Sita Ramam (2022) and Lucky Baskhar (2024).[1]
Films
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Second Show | Harilal "Lalu" | Malayalam | Debut film | [2] |
| Ustad Hotel | Faizal "Faizi" Abdul Razak | [3] | |||
| Theevram | Harsha Vardhan | [3] | |||
| 2013 | ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi | Jones Isaac | [4] | ||
| 5 Sundarikal | Injured stuntman | Anthology film; Kullante Bharya segment | [5] | ||
| Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | Kassi | [6] | |||
| Pattam Pole | Karthikeyan "Karthi" | [7] | |||
| 2014 | Salalah Mobiles | Afzal | [8] | ||
| Vaayai Moodi Pesavum | Aravind | Tamil | Bilingual film; Tamil debut; Shot simultaneously in Malayalam as Samsaaram Arogyathinu Haanikaram |
[9] | |
| Bangalore Days | Arjun "Aju" | Malayalam | [10] | ||
| Vikramadithyan | Adithyan Menon "Aadhi" | [11] | |||
| Njaan | K. T. N. Kottoor & Ravi Chandrasekhar[a] | Dual role | [12] | ||
| 2015 | 100 Days of Love | Balan K. Nair & Rocky K. Nair[a] | [13] | ||
| O Kadhal Kanmani | Aditya "Aadhi" Varadarajan | Tamil | [14] | ||
| Charlie | Charlie | Malayalam | [15] | ||
| 2016 | Kali | Siddharth | [16] | ||
| Kammatipaadam | Krishnan | [17] | |||
| Annmariya Kalippilaanu | Angel | Cameo | [18] | ||
| 2017 | Jomonte Suvisheshangal | Jomon T. Vincent | [19] | ||
| Comrade in America | Aji "Ajipan" Mathew | [20] | |||
| Parava | Imran | Extended Cameo | [21] | ||
| Solo | Shekhar, Trilok, Siva & Rudra Ramachandran[b] | Malayalam Tamil |
Bilingual film; Quadruple role | [22] | |
| 2018 | Mahanati | Gemini Ganesan | Telugu | Telugu debut | [23] |
| Karwaan | Avinash Rajpurohit | Hindi | Hindi debut | [24] | |
| 2019 | Oru Yamandan Premakadha | Mohanlal John Kombanayil alias Lallu | Malayalam | [25] | |
| The Zoya Factor | Nikhil Khoda | Hindi | [26][27] | ||
| 2020 | Varane Avashyamund | Bibeesh P. "Fraud" | Malayalam | Also producer | [28][29] |
| Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal | Siddharth | Tamil | [30] | ||
| Maniyarayile Ashokan | Arjun | Malayalam | Cameo; Also producer | [31][32] | |
| 2021 | Kurup | Sudhakara Kurup / Gopi Krishnan Pillai / Alexander Gelmosby | Also producer | [33] | |
| 2022 | Hey Sinamika | Yaazhan | Tamil | [34] | |
| Salute | Aravind Karunakaran | Malayalam | Also producer | [35][36] | |
| Sita Ramam | Lieutenant Ram | Telugu | [37][38] | ||
| Chup: Revenge of the Artist | Sebastian Gomes aka Danny | Hindi | [39] | ||
| 2023 | King of Kotha | Raju Madrassi alias "Kotha Raju" | Malayalam | Also producer | [40] |
| 2024 | Kalki 2898 AD | Captain | Telugu | Cameo | [41] |
| Lucky Baskhar | Baskhar Kumar | [42] | |||
| 2025 | Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra | Charlie | Malayalam | Cameo; Also producer | [43] |
| Kaantha | Thiruchengode Kalidasa Mahadevan "TKM" | Tamil | Also producer | [44] | |
| Champion | George C. Williams | Telugu | Cameo | [45] | |
| 2026 | Aakasamlo Oka Tara † | TBA | Filming | [46] | |
| I'm Game † | TBA | Malayalam | Filming, also producer | ||
| DQ41 † | TBA | Telugu | Filming | [47] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Guns & Gulaabs | Arjun Varma | Hindi | Netflix | [48] |
Music video
| Year | Title | Performers | Language | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | "Heeriye" | Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh | Hindi | [49] |
Other crew positions
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Koothara | Trailer narrator | Malayalam | [50] |
| 2016 | Mudhugauv | Narrator | [51] | |
| 2017 | Pokkiri Simon | [52] | ||
| 2019 | Margamkali | Baby (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Maniyarayile Ashokan | Co-producer; Narrator | [53] | |
| 2021 | Maara | Voiceover in trailer | [54] | |
| 2022 | Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan | Distributor, producer | [55] | |
| Pyali | Co-producer; distributor | |||
| Rorschach | Distributor | |||
| 2023 | Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam | [56][57] | ||
| Kannur Squad | ||||
| Kaathal – The Core | ||||
| 2024 | Turbo | |||
| Devara: Part 1 | ||||
| 2025 | Dominic and the Ladies' Purse | |||
| 3BHK | ||||
| Su From So | [58] | |||
| Chatha Pacha: The Ring Of Rowdies | [59] | |||
| 2026 | Youth | Distributor | Malayalam | [60] |