Dinesh Mangaluru

Dinesh Mangaluru (1969 or 1970 – 25 August 2025) was an Indian actor.

Life and career Mangaluru began acting in the theatre. Throughout his career, he worked on hundreds of films as an Art director. He primarily worked in Kannada cinema. He was known for playing The Bombay Don in the KGF film series.

Selected filmography

Aasphota (1988) Nagamandala (1996) Z (1999) Atithi (2002) Smile (2003) Durgi (2004) Rakshasa (2005) Shubham (2006) Aa Dinagalu (2007) as Seetharam Shetty Inthi Ninna Preethiya (2008) Ambari (2009) as Saro's father Savari (2009) Prarthane (2012) Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014) as Shankar Poojary Rana Vikrama (2015) as Kulakarni Ricky (2016) as Radhakrishna's Uncle Kirik Party (2016) as Karna's Father KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) as Shetty Alidu Ulidavaru (2019) Bell Bottom (2019) as Chamanlal Seth Shivarjuna (2020) as MLA Arjun Gowda (2021) Harikathe Alla Girikathe (2022) as Jokumaraswamy 777 Charlie (2022) as SI Ranjan Shetty KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) as Shetty Ramabanam (2023) as Guptha Bhuvanam Gaganam (2025) Shesha 2016 (2026)