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Dinesh Prabhakar
Dinesh Prabhakar
Born	Dinesh Nair Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	actor, Executive producer, Casting director
Years active	2002 – present
Notable work	Meesa Madhavan, Lukka Chuppi, Jacobinte Swargarajyam, Drishyam 2, Malik (film)
Spouse	Sreerekha Dinesh
Children	Vibha Nair
Parents	Prabhakaran Nair (father) Sarojini Amma (mother)

Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films.

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.

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.

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

As casting director

As dubbing artist

Television/Web Series

References

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2. Gauri, Deepa (11 July 2016). "Dubai-based Bash Mohammed casts Dinesh Prabhakar". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
3. Anand, Shilpa Nair (9 October 2017). "Living a dream | The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
4. Gopalakirshnan, Aswathy (10 November 2016). "'The Casting Trick': An Interview With Casting Director Dinesh Prabhakar". Silverscreen India. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
5. The Hindu (2 May 2019). "I am recognised as an artiste and that matters the most: Dinesh Prabhakar". Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
6. "Watch Malik Malayalam Movie on Amazon Prime Video - indvox". 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. "'Veekam' OTT release date: When and where to watch Dhyan Sreenivasan's crime thriller". The Economic Times. 31 January 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
8. "Kunddala Puranam Review: The Right Dose Of Feel-good That Can Be Enjoyed At Every Watch". Times Now. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
9. Features, C. E. (7 August 2024). "Nunakuzhi trailer: Basil Joseph is a rich man entangled in a web of lies in this comedy thriller". Cinema Express. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
10. "Pallotty 90's Kids: Kerala State Film Award winner film to have a theatrical release on this date". ottplay. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
11. Jayaram, Deepika. "Dinesh Prabhakar talks about being part of 'Chef'". Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

External links

• Dinesh Prabhakar at IMDb
• Dreaming Gangster, Casting Life: Behind the Scenes with Dinesh Prabhakar
• Dinesh Prabhakar is excited to have dubbed for Prabhudeva
• On dubbing to Malayalam for Amitabh Bachchan
• The actor who chose Mumbai but not Madras to fulfill his movie ambition
• An Exclusive interview with actor Dinesh Prabhakar | Tharapakittu EP 388 | Part 01 | Kaumudy

• 1977 births
• Living people
• Indian male film actors
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• People from Ernakulam district
• Male actors in Malayalam cinema
• Indian male voice actors
• Male actors from Kochi