Dulquer Salmaan

Dulquer Salmaan, actor career, life and biography

Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam language films. Dulquer Salmaan has also appeared in a few Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films. Salmaan 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 Salmaan is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards South and one Kerala State Film Award.

After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Dulquer Salmaan made Dulquer Salmaan debut in the 2012 action drama Second Show, for which Dulquer Salmaan received the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Dulquer Salmaan received Dulquer Salmaan first Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for Dulquer Salmaan performance in Ustad Hotel (2012).

After the commercial success of the comedy ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013) and the road thriller Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013), Salmaan appeared in the Tamil romantic comedy Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014). Dulquer Salmaan then starred in the ensemble romantic drama Bangalore Days (2014), which ranks among the highest-grossing Malayalam films. Dulquer Salmaan achieved further success in Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's critically and commercially successful romance O Kadhal Kanmani (2015). Subsequently, Salmaan garnered acclaim for portraying the title role in the 2015 romantic drama Charlie, winning him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor. Dulquer Salmaan has also acted in the Telugu film Mahanati (2018) and in the Hindi films Karwaan (2018) and The Zoya Factor (2019).

Salmaan has been recognised in the media as a fashion icon and an auto enthusiast. Dulquer Salmaan owns several entrepreneurship ventures and promotes various social causes.

Dulquer Salmaan e also founded a film production company in the name "Wayfarer Films".