# Dilip Kumar Salvadi

Dilip Kumar Salvadi (born 30 April 1985) is an Indian actor, director, and editor who works predominately in Telugu and Tamil films.

## Career

He started his career as a child artist between the early 1990s and 2000s starting with Number One (1994). As a child artist, he has performed in more than 20 films, and is most noted for playing the younger version of Gopichand in Jayam (2002) and its Tamil remake. He began his career as a lead protagonist in the movie Seenu c/o Anu (2005). He continued for a decade for several films in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil. He collaborated with director Arjunaraja for three films: Maiyam Konden, Kovalanin Kadhali and Thiru-pugaz. He starred in Sasi Shanker's Pagadai Pagadai (2014) in dual roles.
In 2019, he worked as a director for the period film Diksoochi (2019). Regarding his performance in the film, a critic wrote that "Dileep Kumar played multiple roles for the film, as an actor, as a director, and as an editor. He played his part very well in the movie. As a story-teller, he is brilliant and at the same time, as an actor, he is good. He scored good marks in the debut".

## Filmography
### Child Artist

* Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Filmography :
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Number One | Young Vijay's brother | |
| 1994 | Thodi Kodallu | Boy at funeral | |
| 1994 | Bhale Mammayya | Chinni | |
| 1994 | Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam | Young Bangaraiah's son | |
| 1995 | Pokiri Raja | CM's son | |
| 1995 | Mounam | Kiran's son | |
| 1996 | Dharma Chakram | Newspaper boy | |
| 1996 | College Student | Hero's Neighbour | |
| 1998 | Bavagaru Bagunnara | Boy in celebration | |
| 1998 | Manasichi Choodu | Boy on cycle | |
| 1999 | Sneham Kosam | Young Simhadri | |
| 1999 | Manikyam | Meenakshi's brother | |
| 1999 | Anaganaga Oka Ammai | Tea shop boy | |
| 2000 | Annayya | Young Rajaram | |
| 2000 | Manasichanu | Heroine's friend | |
| 2000 | Maa Annayya | Young Madhu | |
| 2001 | Daddy | Car accident boy | |
| 2002 | Jayam | Young Raghu | |
| 2003 | Jayam | Young Raghu | Tamil film |
| 2005 | Bhagmati | Youngster | Hindi film |

### Lead Actor

Filmography :
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
| 2005 | Seenu c/o Anu | Seenu | Telugu | |
| 2006 | Venkat Tho Alivelu | Venkat | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Steps | | Malayalam | |
| 2013 | Maiyam Konden | | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Oke Oka Chance | | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Thiru-pugaz | Pugal | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Na Sami Ranga | Seenu | Telugu | |
| 2014 | Kovalanin Kadhali | Pandian | Tamil | |
| 2014 | Pagadai Pagadai | Saravanan, Karthik Kameshwaran | Tamil | dual roles |
| 2019 | Diksoochi | Dileep | Telugu | Also director, writer and editor |
| 2025 | Shambhala | TBA | Telugu | Also director and writer |

### Television

List of television roles :
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
| 1994 | Vandemataram | | Telugu | Child artist |
| 1996-97 | Punarapi Jananam | | Telugu | Child artist |
| 1996-97 | Drusthi | | Telugu | Child artist |
| 1996-97 | Dongala Bandi | | Telugu | Child artist |
| 1996-97 | Srimath Virat Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitha | Veera Brahma Swami | Telugu | Child artist |
| 1997–2001 | Ruthuragalu | Vardhan | Telugu | Child artist |
| | Malle Pandhiri | | Telugu |
| 2022 | She | Chinnanna | Hindi | Netflix series; season 2 episode "The Test" |