1. One of the highest paid Malayalam actors, Salmaan is a recipient of several awards including five Filmfare Awards South, a Kerala Film Critics Association Award and a Kerala State Film Award.
41 Facts About Dulquer Salmaan
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Dulquer Salmaan established himself as a leading Malayalam actor with Vikramadithyan, Charlie, which earned him Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor, Kali, Kammatti Paadam, Jomonte Suvisheshangal and Kurup.
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Dulquer Salmaan expanded to Tamil films with the box office successes, O Kadhal Kanmani and Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal.
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Alongside his acting career, Dulquer Salmaan is a producer, singer and philanthropist.
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Dulquer Salmaan is married to architect Amal Sufiya with whom he has a daughter.
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Dulquer Salmaan is the youngest son of the actor Mammootty.
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Dulquer Salmaan completed his primary level education at Toc-H Public School, Vyttila, Kochi and his secondary level education at Sishya School in Chennai.
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Dulquer Salmaan has a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Purdue University and worked at an IT firm in Dubai.
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On 22 December 2011, Dulquer Salmaan married architect Amal Sufiya in an arranged marriage.
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Amal and Dulquer Salmaan attended the same school, with Amal being five years junior to Dulquer Salmaan.
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Dulquer Salmaan later initiated contact by messaging Amal on Facebook to arrange a coffee meeting.
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In 2011, Dulquer Salmaan signed on for debutante Srinath Rajendran's crime film Second Show in which he played the role of Harilal, a gangster.
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Dulquer Salmaan received praises for his portrayal of Faizy a budding chef, and a critic of Sify noted, "Dulquer continues his fine form following his impressive debut in Second Show".
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Dulquer Salmaan then collaborated with Sameer Thahir in Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, a road film.
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Dulquer Salmaan starred in his "first love story", cinematographer Alagappan's romantic drama Pattam Pole, which was a commercial failure.
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In 2014, Dulquer Salmaan took on another romantic role in Salalah Mobiles, with Nazriya Nazim opposite him; like Pattam Pole, Salalah Mobiles could not garner much success for the actor.
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Dulquer Salmaan felt that the film did not work in Malayalam due to the different sensibilities of the audience.
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Dulquer Salmaan established himself as a leading Malayalam actor with Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days, his other release of 2014.
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Dulquer Salmaan played a biker Arjun, opposite Parvathy, with Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim as his cousins.
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Dulquer Salmaan then starred in what he called his "most challenging film yet" in Renjith's period drama Njaan.
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Dulquer Salmaan has set the bar indeed high with this role.
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Dulquer Salmaan played a man facing anger management issues in his first Malayalam release of 2016, Kali opposite Sai Pallavi.
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Dulquer Salmaan then appeared in Sathyan Anthikad's family drama Jomonte Suvisheshangal.
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Dulquer Salmaan then portrayed four roles in the Malayalam-Tamil bilingual anthology Solo directed by Bejoy Nambiar.
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Dulquer Salmaan next featured in the Telugu film Mahanati, a biopic on actress Savitri.
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Later that year, Dulquer Salmaan made his Hindi film debut with Karwaan, co-starring alongside Irrfan Khan and Mithila Palkar.
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Abhishek Sharma's film adaptation of Anuja Chauhan's novel The Zoya Factor did not perform well at the box-office but Dulquer Salmaan's performance was appreciated.
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Dulquer Salmaan's first released project as a producer and actor was the family drama Varane Avashyamund where he co-starred alongside Suresh Gopi, Shobana and Kalyani Priyadarshan.
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Dulquer Salmaan starred in the 2021 crime-thriller Kurup in which he played the title role of Sukumara Kurup, marks his third production venture which has become the highest grossing Malayalam film in 2021 and the highest-grossing film of his career.
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Dulquer Salmaan started 2024 with a cameo appearance in Kalki 2898 AD, which became the year's second highest-grossing Indian film.
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Dulquer Salmaan is in control, both in speaking the language and enhancing the solid writing in the later portions.
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Dulquer Salmaan is considered among the most popular and highest-paid actors of Malayalam cinema, according to various media reports.
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Dulquer Salmaan stood at the 6th place on Forbes Indias most influential stars on Instagram in South cinema for the year 2021.
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Dulquer Salmaan was ranked fourth by GQ in their listing of the 50 most influential young Indians of 2016.
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Dulquer Salmaan was featured by GQ in their listing of the Best Dressed Men India 2016.
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Dulquer Salmaan was selected as the "Most Desirable Man" in 2013,2014 and 2020 by Kochi Times, a subsidiary of The Times Group.
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In 2019, Dulquer Salmaan became the first actor from Kerala to get featured on the October edition cover of Vogue India.
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Dulquer Salmaan has acted in a short film as part of the Kerala motor vehicle department's safe riding campaign.
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Dulquer Salmaan donated 150 items, including clothing, shoes, books, school supplies and crockery items, as a part of the Chennai Gives initiative.
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Dulquer Salmaan is the director of the Bangalore-based Motherhood Hospital.
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Dulquer Salmaan has received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Charlie.