Sameer Dattani, also known as Dhyan (in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based ...

), is a former Indian actor who appears in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

and Tamil films.

Career

Born into a

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

family in

Bombay Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...

, Dattani has worked in predominantly Hindi and Kannada films. He is fluent in several languages. Dattani appeared in the

-language film ''

Nanna Preethiya Hudugi ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. It stars newcomers Dhyan and Deepali in lead roles and actors such as Lokesh, Bhavya and Suresh Heblikar in other ...

''. Besides ''

Monalisa ''MonaLisa'' () is a 2022 Sri Lankan Sinhala-language drama film directed by Eranga Senarathna and co-produced by Champika De Silva and Nishantha Galhena for YAYU Entertainment. The film stars Madushani Wickramasinghe and [Amila Karunanayake in ...

'', other

film appearances include ''Amrithadhare''. Dattani started his Hindi film career with Rajshri Productions. His first Hindi film ''Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai'' was followed by roles in Madhur Bhandarkar's ''Corporate'' and Vikram Bhatt's ''Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie'' as well as films such as ''Pyar Mein Twist''. In the Hindi film '' Mukhbir'', directed by Mani Shankar, Dattani played the lead role of an undercover police informer. Dattani's first

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

film, produced by Gemini Films, was '' Kutty'' with

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. Having starred in Dhanush filmography, 50 films over his car ...

and

Shriya Saran Shriya Saran Bhatnagar ( born 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi films. Although Saran aspired to become a dancer, she became an actress and made her film deb ...

Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal (14 December 1934 – 23 December 2024) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. H ...

cast him in ''

Well Done Abba ''Well Done Abba'' () is a 2010 Indian political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sameer Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau. It was based on ...

'' (2010), alongside

Boman Irani Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor and comedian who works primarily in Hindi-language films. One of the most popular character actors in Hindi cinema, he has featured in over 100 films, and is the recipient of a Filmfare Awar ...

and

Minissha Lamba Minissha Lamba (born 18 January 1985) is an Indian actress who appeares primarily in Hindi films. Lamba made her acting debut with '' Yahaan'' (2005). Her notable films include ''Corporate'' (2006), '' Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.'' (2007), '' Ba ...

. After premiering at international film festivals in Montreal, Dubai and London, it had its commercial release 26 March 2010. In 2010, Dattani appeared in Dharma Productions', ''

I Hate Luv Storys ''I Hate Luv Storys'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Punit Malhotra, in his directorial debut. It was jointly produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions, and Ronnie Scr ...

''.

Filmography

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dattani, Sameer Living people Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors 1982 births Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors from Mumbai 21st-century Indian male actors Gujarati actors