Actor

Dilip Shankar

Production

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 21Series: 3Crew credits: 17

TMDB ID: 6509

IMDb ID: nm0788157

Known for: Production

Born: October 29, 1970

Age: 55

Place of birth: New Delhi, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1995 - 2025

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 6.93

Other jobs

Casting (10)Casting Director (4)Director (1)Location Casting (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Dilip Shankar is known for introducing new exceptional talent as a Casting Director, his casting credits include Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Dilip is an actor and director in the Delhi theatre scene. As an actor, he is known for essaying a variety of roles - Cassio in Roysten Abel's award winning William Shakespeare's Othello-a play in black & white, Raju Guide in Sanjoy Roy's adaptation of R. K. Narayan's Guide, Jawaharlal Nehru in Pramila Le Hunte's Nehru-His Inner Story. He has worked with directors B. V. Karanth, Anamika Haksar, Abhilash Pillai, Bertina Johnson. A theatre director of note on the Delhi theatre scene, he has directed a number of plays, and has written 36 plays so far.