Dinesh Mangaluru or Dinesh Mangalore is an Indian film actor and art director who works primarily in the Kannada film industry. He is known for his role as Shetty in the sequels to the popular pan-India film KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) and KGF: Chapter 2 (2022).
Wiki/Biography
Dinesh Mangaluru was born on Thursday, January 1, 1970 (52 years old as of 2022) and hails from Mangaluru, Karnataka. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He studied at Government High School, Kurl, Karnataka.
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents.
wife and children
Dinesh Mangaluru’s wife’s name is Bharathi Pai. They had two sons: Surya Siddhartha and Sajan Pai. Surya Siddhartha is also an actor in the Kannada film industry and has starred in the films Colorfull (2015) and Days of Borapur (2018).
(Left to right) Surya Siddhartha, Sajan Pai, Bharathi Pai and Dinesh Mangaluru
Profession
as an actor
Dinesh Mangaluru made his silver screen debut in 1988 with the Kannada political drama Aasphota. The film won multiple awards, including the Best Film Award at the 36th Indian Film Audience Awards.
Thereafter, he appeared in the Kannada films Nagamandala (1996), Z (1999) and Smile (1999). In 2007, he played the role of Seetharam Shetty in the Kannada crime drama film “Aa Dinagalu”. Set in the underworld of Bengaluru in the 1980s, the film revolves around business magnate Chetan, who struggles to save his love Mallika from her conspiratorial father. Chetan’s father. He hired underworld don Kotwal Ramachandra to handle the case. In the film, Sitaram Shetty is Kotwal’s right hand man.
Dinagaru(2007)
In 2013, he appeared in the Kannada biopic Attahasa, which follows Veerapan, an Indian bandit-turned-domestic terrorist who kidnaps politicians for ransom. In the film, Mangaluru plays Minister Nagapal, one of the politicians kidnapped by forest bandit Veerappan.
Atalhasa(2013)
In the 2014 Kannada neo-noir crime drama Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Mangaluru played the role of Shankar Poojary, a local gangster and businessman.
Dinesh Mangaluru as Shankar Poojary in Ulidavaru Kandathe (2014)
He played the role of Kulkarni, a member of the ruling party in Maharashtra state, in the 2015 Kannada action thriller Rana Vikrama.
Dinesh Mangaluru as Kulkarni in Rana Vikrama (2015)
His other Kannada films include “Ricky” (2016), “Kirik Party” (2016) and “Days of Borapura” (2018). He rose to fame with the pan-Indian period action film sequels KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) and KGF: Chapter 2 (2022), in which he played the role of Shetty. The film tells the story of a young man named Loki who seeks power and wealth in order to fulfill a promise made to his dying mother. In the film, Rocky comes to Mumbai in pursuit of power and wealth, where he works for the famous gold smuggler Shetty.
Dinesh Mangaluru plays Shetty in KGF: Chapter 1 (2018)
He later acted in the Kannada film Senapura, in which he co-starred with his son Surya Siddhartha.
Dinesh Mangaluru stars in the movie “Senapura”
as art director
He served as the art director of the 1999 Kannada film “Chandramukhi Pranasakhi”.
Chandramukhi Pranasakhi(1999)
He has assisted several Kannada films as art director, including Veera Madakari (2009) and Vriksham (2019).
Facts/Trivia
- Dinesh Mangaluru’s Facebook account has a photo of him with former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam at an award ceremony.
Dinesh Mangaluru and APJ Abdul Kalam at the award ceremony
- He is an avid animal lover and posts photos of various street animals and pets on his Facebook account.
Dinesh Mangaluru sleeps with dogs
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