Dinesh Panicker

Dinesh Panicker is an Indian film producer, actor and TV producer. He entered the film industry in 1989 by producing Kireedam, a critically acclaimed and commercially successful film. He went on to produce different genre films in Mollywood. Later, he started acting in Malayalam films and serials, and is now the general secretary of ATMA (Association of Television Media Artistes).^[1]

Dinesh Panicker
Born	Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Film producer Actor
Years active	1989 – present
Children	2

Career

Panicker began his film career in 1989 by co-producing Kireedam, which stars Mohanlal and was directed by Sibi Malayil.^[2] The film's budget was ₹23 lakh and it was a commercial success.^[3] At first, Panicker wanted to play a small role as the husband of Parvathy but he reconsidered it due to resistance from his wife. He later said he never dared to act in films he produced.^[4]

Panicker's second movie was Cheppukilukkana Changathi, a comedy-drama starring Mukesh and Jagadish. In 1995, he produced Boxer, which stars Babu Antony as an action hero. His next film, Kaliveedu, is a 1996 family drama. That year, he produced Rajaputhran, an action-drama film and the directorial debut of Shajoon Kariyal. It was released in both Tamil and Telugu.^[5] Mayilpeelikkavu, a mystery-thriller film, was produced in 1998.^[6]

Panicker reunited with Sibi Malayil for a romance film Pranayavarnangal, starring Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divya Unni and Biju Menon. He produced Mammootty-starrer political conspiracy crime film Stalin Sivadas, which was released in 1999. He tried a new formula in Malayalam films by casting television presenter Koottickal Jayachandran in a lead role in his movie Chirikkudukka. Panicker later started an acting venture in Malayalam films and television serials, and is now general secretary of the Association of Television Media Artistes (ATMA).^[7]

Filmography

As producer

Year	Film	Director	Cast	Ref.
1989	Kireedam	Sibi Malayil	Mohanlal, Thilakan, Parvathy, Murali	[3][8]
1991	Cheppukilukkana Changathi	Kaladharan	Mukesh, Jagadish, Saranya	[8]
1995	Boxer	Baiju Kottarakkara	Babu Antony, Haritha, Jagathy	[9]
1996	Kaliveedu	Sibi Malayil	Jayaram, Manju Warrier, Jagadish, Sunitha	[8]
1996	Rajaputhran	Shajoon Kariyal	Suresh Gopi, Vikram, Vijayaraghavan, Murali, Shobana	[8]
1998	Mayilpeelikkavu	Anil Babu	Kunchacko Boban, Jomol, Thilakan, Jagathy, Cochin Haneefa	[8]
1998	Pranayavarnangal	Sibi Malayil	Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divyaa Unni, Biju Menon, Karamana	[8]
1999	Stalin Sivadas	T. S. Suresh Babu	Mammootty, Khushbu, Madhu, Jagadish	[8]
2002	Chirikkudukka	T.S Saji	Koottickal Jayachandran, Deepthi Prasad, Jagadish, Kalpana	[9]

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Dhanya
2007	Rock n' Roll	Sreenivas
2008	Mizhikal Sakshi	Devaswom Manager
	Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam
2009	Chemistry	School Principal	[10]
	Puthiya Mukham	Doctor
2010	Janakan	Kuttiyachan	[10]
	April Fool	Duttan
	Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu
	The Thriller	Joseph Palathingal
	Kanyakumari Express	Adv. John
	Thathwamasi	SI Mathews
	Kaaryasthan
2012	Ee Adutha Kaalathu	Minister	[10]
	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty		[10]
	Arike	Subramanya Pai
	Hero
2013	ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi	Shekhar Pillan
	Left Right Left	Roy's Doctor	[10]
	Bangles		[10]
	Vedivazhipadu
	Crocodile Love Story	SP Anthony
	Annum Innum Ennum
2014	Angels	DIG Rajan Ponnose
	Villali Veeran
	Ring Master	Interviewer
	Praise the Lord	Cherian Varghese
2015	Female Unnikrishnan
	Nirnnayakam		[10]
	Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi	Ananthu's Father-in-law
2016	Kali	Anjali's father
	Crayons	Principal
2017	Thank You Very Much		[11][10]
2018	Ira	Doctor
	21 Diamonds		[8]
2019	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	Home Minister
	Chila NewGen Nattuvisheshangal	Lakshmana Kurup	[8]
	Brother's Day	Davis
	Oru Mass Kadha Veendum
	Janaadhipan	Governor
	Pattabhiraman	Vasudevan	[8]
	Ormma		[8][10]
	Nalla Vishesham		[11]
2020	Big Brother	Mohanachandran
	Joshua
2021	One	Ananthan IPS
	Escape	Doctor
2022	Karnan Napoleon Bhagath Singh		[12]
2023	1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare
	Garudan	Judge of District Court
2024	Jamalinte Punjiri		[13]
	Gangs of Sukumara Kurup		[14]
	Her	Sundaram

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2003	Swapnam		Asianet		[15]
2004	Kadamattathu Kathanaar	Maharajan	Asianet
2005	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Anantharamarao	Surya TV
2006	Suryaputhri		Asianet
2006	Mandaram	Menon	Kairali TV
2007	Ente Manasaputhri		Asianet
2008-2009	Aa Amma	Mahadevan	Kairali TV
2008	Devimahathmyam	Naranarayana Gowdar	Asianet
2008-2009	Pakalmazha		Amrita TV
2010-2012	Harichandanam	Venkidi Swami	Asianet		[15]
2011-2012	kadhayile rajakumari		Mazhavil Manorama		[15]
2011-2012	Manasaveena	Shivanandan	Mazhavil Manorama
2012-2014	Pattu Saree	Kochettan	Mazhavil Manorama		[15]
2014-2017	Chandanamazha	Devaraj desai	Asianet		[15]
2015-2016	Mayamohini	Vishwanathan	Mazhavil Manorama
2018	Makkal	Madhavan	Mazhavil Manorama		[15]
2019	Mahaguru	Dr Prasad	Kaumudy TV
2020	Namukku Paarkkuvan Munthirithoppukal	Police Officer	Surya TV
2020	Koodathayi	Advocate	Flowers TV
2020–2023	Padatha Painkili	Ananda Varma	Asianet	Replaced Prem Prakash
2023-2024	Ennishtam Ninnishtam	Raj Mohan	Surya TV
2024- present	Premam	Vasudevan	Pocket FM	Web series