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Dulquer Salmaan | The Talk of the Town |

Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986), is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films. Referred sometimes as "DQ", he is the son of film actor Mammootty. Salmaan graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Purdue University, and worked as a business manager before pursuing a career in acting.

Dulquer Salmaan made his acting debut in the 2012 action drama Second Show, for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Ustad Hotel (2012). After the commercial success of the comedy ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013) and the romantic drama Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013), Salmaan appeared in the Tamil romantic comedy Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014). He followed it by starring in the ensemble romantic drama Bangalore Days (2014), which ranks among the highest-grossing Malayalam films. He achieved further success in Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's critically and commercially successful romance O Kadhal Kanmani (2015). Subsequently, Salmaan garnered acclaim for portraying the title role in the 2015 romantic drama Charlie, winning him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.

Salmaan married architect Amal Sufiya in 2011 with whom he has one daughter. Cited in the media as one of the most attractive Indian celebrities, Salmaan has also been recognised for his fashion style.^[3][4] He owns several entrepreneurship ventures and promotes various social causes.

In 2014, 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.^[25] Salmaan's next appearance was in the Tamil-Malayalam bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014). While the Malayalam version Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram was received poorly, the Tamil version received positive reviews and became a sleeper hit.^[26][27] IANS said Salmaan is "a treat to watch" and added, "he earns extra brownie points for dubbing in his own voice and speaking flawless Tamil."^[28] He received his second Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for the film.^[29]

In Anjali Menon's ensemble romantic comedy drama Bangalore Days (2014), Salmaan played Arjun with Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim as his cousins. The film received positive reviews and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time, grossing around ₹500 million (US$7.3 million).^[30] Later that year, he co-starred with Unni Mukundan in Lal Jose's Vikramadithyan. It was a commercial success.^[26] He then performed in what he called his "most challenging film yet" in Renjith's Njaan (2014).^[31] His performance received favorable reviews and earned him several accolades, including a second Best Actor nomination at Filmfare.^[9][32]

In 2015, he acted opposite Nithya Menen in two films—Jenuse Mohamed's romantic comedy 100 Days of Love, and Mani Ratnam's Tamil romantic drama O Kadhal Kanmani.^[33] The latter opened to positive reviews and became successful at the box office.^[34] About Salmaan's performance, The Hindu's critic Baradwaj Rangan wrote: "Dulquer Salmaan checks off all boxes in the Can You Be The Next Madhavan? questionnaire", though he believed the film belonged primarily to Menen.^[35] Salmaan next played the titular character in Martin Prakkat's Charlie (2015). The film generated a positive response from critics and received eight Kerala State Film Awards, with Salmaan receiving his first Best Actor Award.^[36] He also received a third Best Actor nomination at Filmfare.^[37]

Salmaan reunited with Sameer Thahir for his first release in 2016, Kali co-starring Sai Pallavi. When released, the film earned the highest opening day box office gross for a Malayalam film.^[38] He then starred in Rajeev Ravi's crime drama Kammatipaadam (2016). The film garnered critical acclaim and became his third consecutive financial success in two years.^[39]

He then appeared in Sathyan Anthikad's family drama Jomonte Suvisheshangal (2017).^[40] Despite comparisons with 2016 Malayalam drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam,^[41] the film did well commercially.^[42] His next appearance was in Amal Neerad's romantic action film Comrade In America (2017). The Hindu called it Salmaan's "big hit of 2017".^[43] He then portrayed four roles in the bilingual anthology Solo (2017) directed by Bejoy Nambiar. The film was critically panned^[44] and "faced immense backlash from the audience."^[45]

As of March 2018, Salmaan has completed filming for his Hindi debut Karwaan, the multi-lingual Mahanati and Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal.^[46][47][48] In addition, he has committed to star in Abhishek Sharma's film adaptation of Anuja Chauhan's novel The Zoya Factor and untitled projects by Ra Karthik, Jai Singh, Salaam Bukhari and Lal Jose.^{[49][50][51][52]} His role in [Mahanati] stars as actor as Gemini Ganesan The film is a biopic on legendary actress Savitri released on 9 May 2018 in Tamil and Telugu. He received film critics appreciation^[53] In 2018, Salmaan appeared in his first Bollywood Movie Karwaan, with Irrfan Khan, Mithila Palkar and Kriti Kharbanda. And The film is scheduled to be released on 10 August 2018.^[54]