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

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Early life

Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi,

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. He was passionate about Cinema and

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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

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language during school days with heavy influence by the

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serials like Circus (Indian TV series), Humraahi,

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and the programs like Chitrahaar & Surabhi (TV series) he then moved to

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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

. The life in

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

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

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. 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,

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& Amitabh Bachan in the

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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

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

References

External links

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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prabhakar, Dinesh 1977 births Living people Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Actors from Ernakulam district Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male voice actors Male actors from Kochi