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Dulquer Salmaan’s success streak in Telugu cinema continues with Lucky Baskhar; A superstar in the making?

Dulquer Salmaan’s latest outing Lucky Baskhar, directed by Venky Atluri, is on its way to earn the blockbuster status. What makes the Malayalam actor a highly desirable talent in Telugu cinema?

Dulquer Salmaan’s success streak in Telugu cinema continues with Lucky Baskhar; A superstar in the making?
Dulquer Salmaan (Credits: Instagram)

Last Updated: 03.18 PM, Nov 04, 2024

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Dulquer Salmaan is one of those very rare actors, who have succeeded in carving a niche in every film industry he has been a part of. The Lucky Baskhar actor established himself as one of the most sought-after leading men of his mother industry Malayalam, and later impressed the Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi audiences alike, with some exceptional performances. With the success of the Venky Atluri directorial. Dulquer Salmaan has already emerged as one of the most bankable stars in Telugu cinema.

Dulquer Salmaan’s success streak in Telugu cinema

A screengrab from Lucky Baskhar teaser
A screengrab from Lucky Baskhar teaser

Interestingly, Dulquer Salmaan has had a roller-coaster ride in Malayalam cinema with many hits and a few misses. But the actor always tried to break the mold with his film choices. Along with learning, unlearning, and growing immensely as an actor, Dulquer ensured he was not following trends or falling into market demands. His notable Malayalam films of the past decade, including Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, Bangalore Days, Kammati Paadam, Charlie (available for streaming on Sun NXT and OTTplay Premium), and more, are the perfect examples of the same.

Dulquer Salmaan as Gemini Ganesan in Mahanati.
Dulquer Salmaan as Gemini Ganesan in Mahanati.

When it comes to the Telugu film industry, Dulquer Salmaan's film choices have been nothing but fantastic. Instead of falling into the much-tempting, glossy mold of typical commercial cinema, the actor decided to be a part of the “unconventional” Telugu films, which are never usually a choice for the Telugu industry’s biggest heroes. He played a grey-shaded Gemini Ganesan in Nag Ashwin’s Mahanati and the hopeless lover Ram in Hanu Raghavapudi’s Sita Ramam, which established him as a household name.

Dulquer Salmaan in Sita Ramam
Dulquer Salmaan in Sita Ramam

He won many hearts with his cameo appearance as Captain, in Prabhas starrer Kalki 2898 AD, earlier this year. Now, Dulquer Salmaan is back with a bang as the wise and wicked Baskhar Kumar in Venky Atluri’s Lucky Baskhar. The actor won the hearts of both the audiences and critics with his stellar performance, and is all set to register his second Rs. 100 crore club film in Telugu cinema, by the end of its first week at the theatres.

The unparalleled dedication

Well, not just the film choices, the unparalleled hard work Dulquer Salmaan has put into learning new languages and dubbing in his own voice, have benefitted him big time. Unlike the majority of other language actors, the Lucky Baskhar star always made sure that he learns his lines, and insisted on dubbing on his own in every language, which has undoubtedly brought a lot of authenticity to his performances. This has also highly contributed towards Dulquer Salmaan’s mass appeal; in every industry he has been a part of.

After a one-year-long break, the pan-Indian star is now set to make a comeback to his mother industry, Malayalam cinema, with multiple projects. Both the Dulquer Salmaan fans and the cinephiles are now eagerly waiting to see what the actor-producer has in his plate for the Malayalam cinema audiences, who have been missing him dearly.

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