Dain Davis (born 20 January 1995) often known as DD is an Indian actor, comedian and television host, who works in

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-language films and television shows. He won the talent hunt show ''Komady Circus'' (2016) telecasted by

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. He has hosted talent-hunt show '' Nayika Nayakan'' (2018) and '' Udan Panam 3.O'' (2020-22).

Early life and education

Dain Davis was born in

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, India. His father is a hotel owner and worked in

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, and his mother, Rosemol is a beautician. He has an elder brother. He graduated in

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from Divine Institute of Media Studies in Muringoor.

Career

In 2016, Davis won the talent hunt reality show ''Komady Circus'' on

. He is titled as best actor. He then went on to host Nayika Nayakan where he was given the nickname 'DD' by his co-anchor

Pearle Maaney Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam shows. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show '' D 4 Dance''. Pearle e ...

. In 2017 he had his film debut in the Malayalam language horror film '' E'', directed by Kukku Surendran. In 2018 he had a part in the film ''

Pretham 2 ''Pretham 2'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language Comedy horror drama film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It is a sequel to the 2016 film '' Pretham''. Jayasurya returns for the lead role, alongside a new supporting cas ...

'', directed by

Ranjith Sankar Ranjith Sankar is an Indian filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller ''Passenger (2009 film), Passenger''. He launched his production house Dreams N Beyond in 2012 and his distribution house Pu ...

. In 2019 he co-hosted ''Super Singer'', a television music reality show on

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with

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. From 2020 to 2022, he hosted '' Udan Panam 3.0'' on the Mazhavil Manorama with Meenakshi Raveendran.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Television

Special appearances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dain Male actors in Malayalam cinema Male actors from Thrissur Male actors in Malayalam television 1995 births Living people