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Dayal Padmanabhan is a Kannada movie director, who was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu. He was born on 14th June 1970 in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. His parents are Padmanabhan and Radha. Padmanabhan was an employee of Tamilnadu Electricity Board. After his sudden death, Radha got the job and educated her son. Dayal is a scientist by profession. He came to Bangalore in 1988 and joined Indian Institute of Science as a scientist. Due to the passion for cinema, Dayal resigned his scientist job and got deep into the cinema industry. He considered Tamil actor “Murali” as his role model. Tamil director, “Naga” of “Marmadesam” fame, Upendra Rao, Madhan Mallu, Hamsalekha and S. Mahendar guided him well. He made his entry into the Kannada film industry as a writer. His first movie was with Sai Kumar, “Om Ganesh.” Thriller Manju directed the film. He is famous for his works such as “Hudugigage,” “Gattimela” and “H2O.” He made his debut as the director through “OK Saar OK.” “Baa Baaro Rasika,” “Sri Harikathe,” “Circus,” “Haggadha Kone” and “Masala” are some of his successful movies.