Dinesh Prabhakar
{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dinesh Prabhakar
| image = Dinesh Prabhakar.jpeg
| caption = Dinesh Prabhakar
| birth_name = Dinesh Nair
| birth_place = Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
| birth_date =
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|casting director}}
| yearsactive = 2002 – present
| spouse = Sreerekha Dinesh
| father = Prabhakaran Nair
| mother = Sarojini Amma
| children = Vibha Nair
}}
Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/060416/actor-and-face-finder.html|title=Actor and face-finder|date=6 April 2016 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/dubai-based-bash-mohammed-casts-dinesh-prabhakar|title=Dubai-based Bash Mohammed casts Dinesh Prabhakar|last=Gauri|first=Deepa|date=July 11, 2016|website=Khaleej Times|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-19}}
Early life
Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala. He was passionate about Cinema and Media from the childhood itself. This passion tempted him to discontinue from studies during his college years at Sree Sankara College. Passionate about the movies and fascinated to Hindi language during school days with heavy influence by the Doordarshan serials like Circus (Indian TV series), Humraahi, Tamas (film) and the programs like Chitrahaar & Surabhi (TV series) he then moved to Mumbai in the early 1990s where his elder sister stays. He started to work as a medical shop assistant for a living along with learning the language Hindi. The life in Mumbai played a major role in helping his growth in acting, dubbing, casting any many more roles he has done during his film journey. During his stay in Mumbai he was eagerly trying to get into the silverscreen but in vain. His movie career started with a small role in the film Meesa Madhavan in 2002. This role helped him to bag couple of more roles in main stream Malayalam films. Meanwhile along with his fellow dubbing artist and friend Jismon he started an advertisement agency.{{Cite news|date=2017-10-09|title=Living a dream {{!}} The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/films-are-where-his-heart-is-and-dinesh-prabhakar-relishes-every/article19828203.ece|access-date=2021-10-24|last1=Anand |first1=Shilpa Nair }}
Career
Prabhakar started his film career as a dubbing artist for many popular Ad films. He had lent his voice for most of the popular ads which featured Sharukh Khan, Aamir Khan & Amitabh Bachan in the Malayalam versions. Meanwhile along with his fellow dubbing artist and friend Jis Joy he started an advertisement agency. Dubbing and the advertisement agency had become his pathway to the movie field. He is considered as the first casting director of Malayalam film industry.{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/features/dinesh-prabhakar-interview-the-casting-trick|title='The Casting Trick': An Interview With Casting Director Dinesh Prabhakar|last=Gopalakirshnan|first=Aswathy|date= 10 November 2016|website=Silverscreen India |publisher=|access-date=2021-10-24}}
Personal life
Dinesh is married to Sreerekha. They have a daughter Vibha Nair who is studying now .
Filmography
= As actor =
== Malayalam films ==
== Other language films ==
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| Year | Film | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Madras Cafe | LTF (Based on LTTE) Militant | Hindi |
| 2015 | Waiting | Lucky | Hindi |
| rowspan=2|2017 | Chef | Alex Oomen{{cite news|last1=Jayaram|first1=Deepika|title=Dinesh Prabhakar talks about being part of 'Chef'|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Dinesh-Prabhakar-talks-about-being-part-of-Chef/articleshow/55474996.cms|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=19 January 2017}} | Hindi |
| Solo | Prabha | Tamil | |
| rowspan=2|2019 | Nerkonda Paarvai | Police Inspector Kandhasamy | Tamil |
| Bakrid | Sundaram | Tamil | |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| Valimai | DCP Rajangam | Tamil | |
| Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
|L. D. Gopal |Tamil | |||
| Sardar | Chittagong prison guard | Tamil |
= As casting director =
| class="wikitable
| +Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Thira |
| 2015 | Lukka Chuppi |
| 2016 | Jacobinte Swargarajyam |
= As dubbing artist =
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year | Film | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Amen | Makarand Deshpande |
| rowspan=3|2015 | Two Countries | Makarand Deshpande |
| Double Barrel
|African | ||
| Laddoo
|Charlie | ||
| rowspan=2|2016 | Devi (Malayalam) | Prabhu Deva |
| Pulimurugan | Makarand Deshpande | |
| 2022 | PS: I (Malayalam) | Vikram Prabhu |
Television
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role !Language ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=1|2019 | The Family Man | Asif
|Hindi | Web series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm3440031}}
- [http://fullpicture.in/interview-detail/90/dreaming-gangster-c.html Dreaming Gangster, Casting Life: Behind the Scenes with Dinesh Prabhakar]
- [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Dinesh-Prabhakar-is-excited-to-have-dubbed-for-Prabhudeva/articleshow/54638550.cms Dinesh Prabhakar is excited to have dubbed for Prabhudeva]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ssuCRuAZM On dubbing to Malayalam for Amitabh Bachchan]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79QQ7ifiwBM The actor who chose Mumbai but not Madras to fulfill his movie ambition]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnuJBWAGTYk An Exclusive interview with actor Dinesh Prabhakar | Tharapakittu EP 388 | Part 01 | Kaumudy]
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Category:Indian male film actors
Category:21st-century Indian male actors
Category:Actors from Ernakulam district
Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema