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Dilip Shankar(I)

  • Actor
  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
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Dilip Shankar
In cinema, Dilip is known for introducing new exceptional talent as a Casting Director. He has worked with some of the world's most talented directors. His casting credits include Ang Lee's Life of Pi, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, Florian Gallenberger's Shadows of Time, Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's Delhi 6 and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Ashvin Kumar's The Little Terrorist, Pan Nalin's Valley of Flowers, Mike Cahill's I Origins.

He was Associate Director with Pan Nalin on Faith Connections, a docu-feature on the Kumbh Mela. The film opened to rave reviews at the Toronto International Festival 2013. He has been Line Producer on three feature films -Ayurveda - Art of Being, Samsara and Valley of Flowers, all by Pan Nalin.

Dilip Shankar 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. He was also Show Running Director for Zangoora - the Gypsy Prince at the Kingdom of Dreams from 2010 till 2012.
BornOctober 29, 1970
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  • Known for

    I Origins (2014)
    I Origins
    7.3
    • Casting Director
    • 2014
    Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    Life of Pi
    7.9
    • Casting Department(Delhi)
    • 2012
    The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    The Darjeeling Limited
    7.2
    • Casting Department
    • 2007
    Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    Monsoon Wedding
    7.3
    • Casting Director(as Dileep Shankar)
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Bandish Bandits (2020)
      Bandish Bandits
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Rajaji
      • 2020–2024
    • Manoj Bajpayee in Despatch (2024)
      Despatch
      4.3
      • Rajdass
      • 2024
    • Pankaj Tripathi in Kadak Singh (2023)
      Kadak Singh
      6.2
      • Tyagi
      • 2023
    • Arjun Mathur, Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju, Mona Singh, Kalki Koechlin, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Jim Sarbh, and Sobhita Dhulipala in Made in Heaven (2019)
      Made in Heaven
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Aditya Batra
      • 2023
    • Trial by Fire (2023)
      Trial by Fire
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Siddharth
      • 2023
    • Prakash Raj, Harsh Chhaya, Adil Hussain, Zoya Afroz, Barkha Bisht, Satyadeep Misra, and Zain Khan Durrani in Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy (2022)
      Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Col. Zaidi
      • 2022
    • Sneha Kumar in Ghode ko jalebi khilane le ja riya hoon (2019)
      Ghode ko jalebi khilane le ja riya hoon
      7.1
      • Visitor
      • 2019
    • Danny Boushebel in Unfreedom (2014)
      Unfreedom
      5.0
      • Sameer
      • 2014
    • Lions in the Night
      Short
      • Cop
      • 2011
    • Sleeping Awake (2010)
      Sleeping Awake
      6.6
      Short
      • 2010
    • Gods on Mountains (2008)
      Gods on Mountains
      Short
      • Father
      • 2008
    • Loveleen Mishra in Walking on a Moonbeam (2006)
      Walking on a Moonbeam
      Short
      • 2006
    • In Othello
      7.0
      • Dilip
      • Cassio
      • 2003

    Casting Director



    • Shahana Goswami and Akshay Ajit Singh in Four Years Later (2024)
      Four Years Later
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Second Chance (2024)
      Second Chance
      8.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Kriti Panth in The Umesh Chronicles (2024)
      The Umesh Chronicles
      8.5
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Radhika Apte in Sister Midnight (2024)
      Sister Midnight
      6.5
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Preeti Panigrahi in Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
      Girls Will Be Girls
      7.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Gulmohar (2023)
      Gulmohar
      7.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Bhavin Rabari in Last Film Show (2021)
      Last Film Show
      7.4
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy (2020)
      A Suitable Boy
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Axone (2019)
      Axone
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • Bhor: Dawn (2018)
      Bhor: Dawn
      7.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • Manoj Bajpayee in In the Shadows (2017)
      In the Shadows
      7.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Beyond the Known World (2017)
      Beyond the Known World
      5.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Chutney (2016)
      Chutney
      7.7
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2016
    • Saiyami Kher and Harshvardhan Kapoor in Mirza's Lady (2016)
      Mirza's Lady
      4.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2016
    • Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)
      Angry Indian Goddesses
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2015

    Casting Department



    • The Braid (2023)
      The Braid
      7.2
      • casting: India
      • 2023
    • Vara: A Blessing (2013)
      Vara: A Blessing
      6.9
      • additional casting
      • 2013
    • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
      Life of Pi
      7.9
      • casting: Delhi
      • 2012
    • Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, and Riz Ahmed in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
      The Reluctant Fundamentalist
      6.8
      • casting: Delhi, India
      • 2012
    • Lions in the Night
      Short
      • casting
      • 2011
    • Gulshan Grover and Harsh Mayar in I Am Kalam (2010)
      I Am Kalam
      7.9
      • casting
      • 2010
    • Randeep Hooda, Arbaaz Khan, and Raima Sen in Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye (2009)
      Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye
      5.1
      • casting associate
      • 2009
    • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
      The Darjeeling Limited
      7.2
      • location casting
      • 2007
    • Kristin Kreuk and Jimi Mistry in Partition (2007)
      Partition
      6.9
      • casting associate: India
      • 2007
    • Gate to Heaven (2003)
      Gate to Heaven
      5.5
      • casting: India
      • 2003

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    • Alternative name
      • Dileep Shankar
    • Born
      • October 29, 1970
      • New Delhi, India
    • Other works
      Production Assistant India for the Stoner Productions' series Treasures Of The World in the episode on Taj Mahal, 1999
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      Founder and Secretary at Karmic Research Centre, and the Centre for Creative Expressions, India. Writes poetry.

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