ACTOR · FROM KOTTAYAM, INDIA
Dileesh Pothan
Born 1981 · 45 years old92 credits since 19998 coming up
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ABOUT DILEESH
Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film actor and director, who works in Malayalam cinema. Pothan began his career as an associate director to the 2010 film 9 KK Road. He served as an assistant director under Aashiq Abu, assisting in five of Aashiq's films.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born19 February 1981
BirthplaceKottayam, India
Known forActing
On Cineora48 of 87 titles
Known for
The titles people know Dileesh from.
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What Dileesh is working on next.
BoumaOut Nov 2026
PicnicOut Jan 2027- ShalamonDate to be announced
SamavarthiDate to be announced- Navarasa Films Production No. 3Date to be announced
Karate ChandranProducerDate to be announced
Nedumkandam MiracleDirectorDate to be announced- United Girish AD MovieProducerDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 48
- Average IMDb
- 6.8
- Highest rated
- Kumbalangi NightsIMDb 8.5
- Working since
- 1999
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
34 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
as Payyammal Varkichan
as Lakshmanan
as Madhu
as Subhash
Movieas SI Yohannan
as Michael
as Dasan
The 2010s
48 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
Movieas Moosa
Movieas C. I. Mathews
Movieas Prakashan
as Johnappan
as Viswanathan
Movieas Abhilash Karikkan
Movieas Kattuthara Joy
The 1990s
1 title
as Man at movie theatre
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Dileesh’s titles.
Soubin ShahirKumbalangi Nights, Bheeshma Parvam and 10 more
Fahadh FaasilKumbalangi Nights, Malik and 8 more
Syam PushkaranPremalu, Kumbalangi Nights and 7 more
Alencier Ley LopezMaheshinte Prathikaaram, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum and 5 more
SrindaaBheeshma Parvam, Bethlehem Kudumba Unit and 5 more
Shyju KhalidCinematographer · Kumbalangi Nights, Joji and 5 more
MammoottyBheeshma Parvam, Abraham Ozler and 4 more
