Dileep Shankar Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other Name	Dileep Sankar
Profession	Actor, Film-maker, Entrepreneur
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and pepper
Career
Debut	Film: Jeevan Mashai (2001) TV: Roses In December (1996) as Lenny on Doordarshan
Last Film	Praavinkoodu Shappu (2025)
Awards, Achievements	• 2024: Best Actor at the Satyajit Ray Mini Screen Awards by the Satyajit Ray Film Society (SRFS) Golden Arc Awards • 1995: Kalaprathibha at the Mahatma Gandhi University Youth Festival
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 January 1974 (Thursday)
Birthplace	Kochi
Date of Death	27 December 2024
Place of Death	Thiruvananthapuram
Age (at the time of death)	50 Years
Death Cause	Internal bleeding
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Kochi
School	Sree Narayana Higher Secondary (SNHS) School, Ernakulam
College/University	St. Albert's College, Kochi
Educational Qualification	Master of Science (Botany)
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Drawing
Tattoo(s)	Right Upper Arm: Ganapati
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Suma Dileep
Children	Son- Dhruva Dileep Daughter- Deva Dileep
Parents	Father- Jayashankar (Retd. Safety Inspector, FACT) Mother- Rajalakshmi (homemaker)
Other Relatives	Uncle- Chittoor Gopi (lyricist)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dileep Shankar

• Dileep Shankar was interested in drawing and other cultural activities from his school days.
  

  Dileep Shankar during his student days

• He discontinued his medical education at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, to pursue his interest in the arts.

• He secured record-high points in the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) Youth Festival, where he received the Kalaprathibha title.

• He played popular characters in various Malayalam television series, including Ammayariyathe (2020-2023) as Adv. Peter Tharkan on Asianet, Sundari (2021-2024) as Krishnan on Surya TV, and Panchagni (2024) as Chandrasenan on Flowers TV.
  

  Dileep Shankar as Krishnan in a scene from the serial Sundari

• He appeared as Joppan in Chaappa Kurishu (2011) and North 24 Kaatham (2013) as S. I Prathyumnan.

• He co-produced many television commercials for several products.
  

  Dileep Shankar during the shoot of a television commercial

• In 2014, he started Greenest Comfortable Lodging in Kochi and was a business partner in Dishmate scrubber and toilet brushes.

• In 2015, he started Master Cook Food Products and a ready-to-cook brand called Magic.
  

  Dileep Shankar on the poster of his ready-to-cook brand Magic

• He used to post humourous reels with his children and co-actors on his social media accounts which were highly popular.

• He was reportedly suffering from a liver ailment and on 29 December 2024, he was found dead in his hotel room in Thiruvananthapuram where he was staying for his work. His last rites were conducted in his hometown of Chittoor, Kochi.