Dayal Padmanabhan is an Indian film writer, director and producer, mainly working in Kannada cinema who is a two times Karnataka State award winner and one time Indian Panorama , IFFI( Golden Jublee edition)entrant.His films include Baa Baro Rasika (2004), Yeshwanth (2005), Circus (2009), Haggada Kone (2014), Actor (2015), Aa Karaala Ratri (2018), Ranganayaki (2019). His first film as a director was OK Saar OK. He starred in Gaalipata, where his Dracula character received critical and public acclaim. His film Haggada Kone and Aa Karaala Ratri received widespread critical acclaim and he won Karnataka State awards for those films under Best Director & Best Film Category in the year 2014 & 2018 respectively. DayalPadmanabhan competed in the television show Bigg Boss House for Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5, and was eliminated on his 21st day. He remade the critically acclaimed Tamil film "Korangu Bommai" in Kannada titled "Ombattane Dikku" starring "Loose Mada" Yogi. In 2020, Dayal, has ventured into Telugu and Tamil film Industry with "Anaganaga O Athidi" & "Kondraal Paavam" which are the remakes of his own Kannada directorial cult hit Aa Karaala Ratri.

Personal life

Dayal Padmanabhan hails from Villupuram town of Tamil Nadu. His parents were Radha and Padmanabhan. His father had worked in Tamil Nadu electricity board. He completed his Diploma in Civil Engineering from Muthiah polytechnic, Chidambaram. Later he finished his B.E from the B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore. He worked for 15 years in Indian Institute of Science (1988 to 2002). He is married and has two children.

Film career

He directed his first film ''OK saar OK'' in 2003 and went on to direct ten more Kannada films including the hits like ''Baa Baaro Rasika'',''Circus'' ,Masala, ''Sri Harikathe'' and 'Haggadha Kone'. His another film was ''Circus'' starring Ganesh.He has also starred in ''Gaalipata'' where he played a mute character called "Dracula". His movie "Haggada kone" released to rave reviews. His rom-com titled Satya Harishchandra. He ventured into commercial filmmaking zone after a long time with this movie. Sharan is played the lead in the movie. His latest release was the critically and commercially successful ''Aa Karaala Ratri'' starring Jayaram Karthik and Anupama Gowda. The two completed films are Tryambakam and Ranganayaki. The film is which was supposed to be released in June 2020, has been delayed due to the pandemic. Dayal then moved on to his debut Telugu directorial, "Anaganaga O Athithi, a remake of his 2018 hit Aa Karala Ratri. The Telugu version was a straight to OTT release and was premiered in AHA ott platform.He also turned to production with this film where he was the executive producer. He has also produced ''Circus'' and Co produced ''Shriharikathe'' under his own production house D Pictures. He is the Producer for the under production project Ondu Rupayalli Eradu Preethi. He is the producer for the films Circus and Yogaraj. He Co-produced the film Shriharikathe,. All the above projects were executed under his own production house D Pictures.He believes the turning point of his film career came with the movie ''Gaalipata''. His movie ''Yogaraj But'',starring Naveena Krishna & Neethu which released mid-2011. The movie released to positive critical response in Rediff, IBN,ChitralokaA,Times of India and others, He is the Producer for the under production project Ondu Rupayalli Eradu Preethi. He is the producer for the films Circus and Yogaraj. He Co-produced the film Shriharikathe,. All the above projects were executed under his own production house D Pictures.He believes the turning point of his film career came with the movie ''Gaalipata''. His movie ''Yogaraj But'',starring Naveena Krishna & Neethu which released mid-2011. The movie released to positive critical response in Rediff, IBN,ChitralokaA,Times of India and others, with critics rating the movie 3 to 4 stars. After the reception, Dayal boldly quoted " Once again i have made a movie that was appreciated but not a hit".Dayal padmanabhan also worked as an executive producer for the Tamil movie ''Brahman'' starring Sasikumar.