Dinesh Prabhakar
Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films.
Early life
Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala. He was passionate about Cinema and Media from childhood itself. This passion tempted him to discontinue his studies during his college years at Sree Sankara College. Passionate about movies and fascinated by Hindi language during school days, heavily influenced by the Doordarshan serials like Circus (Indian TV series), Humraahi, Tamas (film) and the programs like Chitrahaar & Surabhi (TV series) he then moved to Mumbai in the early 1990s where his elder sister stays. He started work as a medical shop assistant for a living along with learning Hindi. Life in Mumbai played a major role in helping his growth in acting, dubbing and casting. During his stay in Mumbai 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 mainstream Malayalam films. 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, Aamir Khan & Amitabh Bachan in the Malayalam versions. Meanwhile along with fellow dubbing artist and friend Jis Joy, he started an advertisement agency. Dubbing and the advertisement agency became his pathway to the movie industry. He is considered as the first casting director of Malayalam film industry.Personal life
Dinesh is married to Sreerekha. They have a daughter Vibha Nair who is studying now.Filmography
As actor
Other language films
| Year | Film | Role | Language |
| 2013 | Madras Cafe | LTF Militant | Hindi |
| 2015 | Waiting | Lucky | Hindi |
| 2017 | Chef | Alex Oomen | Hindi |
| 2017 | Solo | Prabha | Tamil |
| 2019 | Nerkonda Paarvai | Police Inspector Kandhasamy | Tamil |
| 2019 | Bakrid | Sundaram | Tamil |
| 2022 | Valimai | DCP Rajangam | Tamil |
| 2022 | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | L. D. Gopal | Tamil Hindi |
| 2022 | Sardar | Chittagong prison guard | Tamil |
As casting director
| Year | Film |
| 2013 | Thira |
| 2015 | Lukka Chuppi |
| 2016 | Jacobinte Swargarajyam |
As dubbing artist
| Year | Film | Actor |
| 2013 | Amen | Makarand Deshpande |
| 2015 | Two Countries | Makarand Deshpande |
| 2015 | Double Barrel | African |
| 2015 | Laddoo | Charlie |
| 2016 | Devi (Malayalam) | Prabhu Deva |
| 2016 | Pulimurugan | Makarand Deshpande |
| 2022 | PS: I (Malayalam) | Vikram Prabhu |