Dinesh Baboo

His career in cinema started as a cinematographer. He stood behind the camera for noted Malayalam film blockbusters like Dhruvam,Ullasa Poonkattu and the 1994 blockbuster Commissioner which was instrumental in raising Suresh Gopi, to stardom. His most successful film as a cinematographer was the Shaji Kailas' 1995 blockbuster The King , which was the highest grossing Malayalam film at the time.

Great talent in cinematography was the springboard that launched him to great success in the world of cinema. This also helped him to have first hand knowledge of every technical aspect of cinema, which a director need not be necessarily familiar with. He also directed a Malayalam film named Mazhavillu starring Kunchacko Boban and Preeti Jhangiani. Although his camera skills were widely appreciated in Mollywood, his ambition took him to the world of Kannada films where he chose to direct rather than handle the camera.

His directorial career in the Kannada film world took off with Suprabhatha - a film with Vishnuvardhan and Suhasini which became a box office hit creating many records and gave a major boost to the career of Dinesh babu. His next movie was the hugely successful thriller Idu Saadhya in 1989. The movie, featuring eight stars, was made on a shoestring budget of just 1.5 million INR and shot at a single location within 36 hours [1] then creating a record for the fastest completion of an Indian film.[2] He followed it up with the comedy cop thriller - Inspector Vikram - which was a first of its kind in Kannada cinema at that time. Though an average success at the time of its release, the movie has gained cult following among the viewers over the years.[3] As a director, his craftsmanship has been lauded by columnists and reviewers - especially for his screenplay which revolves around very few locations and for successfully blending the comedy and thriller genre.

He appeared in front of the camera for the first time as a Police officer in the film Accident which is Directed by Ramesh Aravind.

Cinematographer only

Director only

Year	Film	Credited as	Language	Awards and Achievements
1987	Ananda Aradhanai	Director	Tamil
1988	Suprabhatha	Director	Kannada	Filmfare Award for Best Director (Kannada)
1989	Idu Saadhya	Director, Writer, Cinematographer	Kannada	Based on Stage Fright Guinness record for fastest completion of an Indian film at that time
	Inspector Vikram	Director, Writer, Cinematographer	Kannada	Loosely based on Eddie Macon's Run
	Hendthighelbedi	Director, Writer, Cinematographer	Kannada
1990	Papa Kosam	Director	Telugu
	Maheshwara	Director, Writer, Cinematographer	Kannada
1997	Amrutha Varshini	Cinematographer, Director	Kannada	Remade in Malayalam as Mazhavillu
	Laali	Director	Kannada
1998	Nishyabda	Director	Kannada
	Hendthigheltini	Director	Kannada
1999	Premotsava	Director	Kannada
	Mazhavillu	Director	Malayalam	Remake of Amrutha Varshini
2000	Deepavali	Director, cinematographer	Kannada
	Nan Hendthi Chennagidale	Director	Kannada
2001	Everybody Says I'm Fine!	Light Supervisor	English
	Chithra	Director	Kannada	Remake of Telugu film Chitram
2002	Hollywood	Director	Kannada
	Balagalittu Olage Baa	Director	Kannada	Based on Our Hospitality
2003	Abhi	Director	Kannada	Remade as Abhimanyu
2004	Kanakambari	Director	Kannada
2005	Magic Ajji	Director	Kannada
	Pandu Ranga Vittala	Director	Kannada
2006	Neenello Naanalle	Director	Kannada	Remake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
2007	Ganesha	Director	Kannada
2008	Mr. Garagasa	Director	Kannada	Based on 1998 French comedy Le Dîner de Cons (also known as The Dinner Game)
	Aakasha Gange	Director	Kannada
2009	Janumada Gelathi	Director	Kannada
	Mooru Guttu Ondu Sullu Ondu Nija	Director	Kannada
	Accident	Actor	Kannada
	Bellary Naga	Director	Kannada	Remake of Malayalam film Rajamanikyam
2010	School Master	Director	Kannada
2010	Eradane Maduve [4]	Director	Kannada	Prequel of Mathond Madhuvena & remade in Telugu as Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam
2011	Mathond Madhuvena	Director	Kannada	Sequel of Eradane Maduve
2011	Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam	Director	Telugu	Remake of Eradane Maduve
2011	Naanalla[5]	Director	Kannada	Based on Primal Fear
2012	Ondu Kshanadalli [6]	Director	Kannada
2012	Golmal Gayathri	Director	Kannada
2014	Athi Aparoopa [7]	Director	Kannada
2016	Priyanka	Director , Cinematographer	Kannada
2018	Krishnam	Director , Cinematographer	Malayalam
2018	Preethi Keli Sneha Kaledukollabedi [8]	Director	Kannada
2018	Nanagista[9]	Director	Kannada	Loosely based on Perfume [10]
2021	Kasturi Mahal	Director	Kannada

• Mane Mane Kathe [11]
• Akansha
• Swati Muttu