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Dulquer Salmaan
Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Malayalam films, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. One of the highest paid Malayalam actors, Salmaan is a recipient of several awards including five Filmfare Awards South, one Kerala State Film Award, one Kerala Film Critics Association Award and one Telangana Gaddar Film Award.
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business · Indian actor, playback singer and producer (born 1983) · actor · businessperson · also Dulquer Salmaan, DQ, Salmaan
Born 28 July 1983 · Q1105021
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2026· 9 entries
Moneycontrol: Dulquer Salmaan releases I'm Game song 'Loser' at Melbournes Federation Square on Independence Day, performs live for fans
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Bollywood Bubble: Dulquer Salmaan Begins I’m Game Promotions In Melbourne; Launches Song Loser On Indian Independence Day
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Bollywood Hungama: Dulquer Salmaan launches I’m Game song ‘Loser’ at IFFM 2026
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The Hindu: IFFM 2026 announces award winners: Dulquer Salmaan wins Best Actor, Rishab Shetty adjudged Best Director
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Moneycontrol: IFFM 2026 Winners: Rekha, Rishab Shetty, Dulquer Salmaan win top honours; Lokah Chapter 1 named Best Film
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Bollywood Hungama: Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2026 Announces Winners: Rishab Shetty, Dulquer Salmaan, Kirti Kulhari, Vijay Varma and Rasika Dugal take top honours
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Public attention spiked: 10,570 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.4× the usual 1,967, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
Salmaan was placed 59th on IMDb's List of 100 Most Viewed Indian Stars
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2023· 2 entries
By Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) stated that Salmaan was the second highest-ranked celebrity in Malayalam cinema
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Salmaan first appeared in the Hindi web series Guns & Gulaabs, a Netflix series
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2022· 1 entry
India Today rated the claim “Malayalam movie ‘Salute’, starring Dulqueer Salmaan and directed by Rosshan Andrrews, will premiere at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
Was the Malayalam film Kurup, where he played the titular role of Sukumara Kurup opposite Sobhita Dhulipala
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2020· 1 entry
And also launched his production company, Wayfarer Films
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2019· 1 entry
Salmaan became the first Malayalam actor to get featured on the cover of Vogue India
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2018· 1 entry
Salmaan expanded beyond Malayalam films
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2017· 1 entry
Appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list, where he was placed at 79th position with an estimated annual income of ₹92
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (2015).
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With two films opposite Nithya Menen—Jenuse Mohamed's Malayalam film 100 Days of Love, and Mani Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani, where he played a video game developer
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for Ustad Hotel (2013).
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Salmaan first appeared in Martin Prakkat's Malayalam film ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi opposite Aparna Gopinath, in which he made his singing debut with "Johnny Mone Johnny"
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2012· 1 entry
With debutante Srinath Rajendran's Malayalam crime film Second Show, in which he played the role of Harilal, a gangster
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1983· 1 entry
Born 1983-07-28.
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