Dain Davis (born 20 January 1995) often known as DD is an Indian actor, comedian and television host, who works in
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
-language films and television shows. He won the talent hunt show ''Komady Circus'' (2016) telecasted by
Mazhavil Manorama
Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...
. He has hosted talent-hunt show ''
Nayika Nayakan
''Nayika Nayakan'' () is an Indian Malayalam-language Reality television, reality TV talent show which was broadcast on Mazhavil Manorama from 28 May 2018 to 17 October 2018. The show's jury was headed by film director Lal Jose and actors Kunch ...
'' (2018) and ''
Udan Panam 3.O'' (2020-22).
Early life and education
Dain Davis was born in
Ollur
Ollur is a major suburban area and an old commercial town in the city of Thrissur of Kerala state, South India. It is about away from Swaraj Round on old National Highway 47 (India) towards Kochi. From ancient time onwards, Ollur was a major bu ...
in
Thrissur district of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. His father is a hotel owner and worked in
Kuwait
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, and his mother, Rosemol is a beautician. He has an elder brother. He graduated in
visual communication from Divine Institute of Media Studies in
Muringoor.
Career
In 2016, Davis won the talent hunt reality show ''Komady Circus'' on
Mazhavil Manorama
Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...
. He is titled as best actor. He then went on to host
Nayika Nayakan
''Nayika Nayakan'' () is an Indian Malayalam-language Reality television, reality TV talent show which was broadcast on Mazhavil Manorama from 28 May 2018 to 17 October 2018. The show's jury was headed by film director Lal Jose and actors Kunch ...
where he was given the nickname 'DD' by his co-anchor
Pearle Maaney
Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show ''D 4 Dance''. In 2018 ...
.
In 2017 he had his film debut in the Malayalam language horror film ''
E'', directed by Kukku Surendran. In 2018 he had a part in the film ''
Pretham 2'', directed by
Ranjith Sankar
Ranjith Sankar is an Indian Filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller film '' Passenger''. Sankar followed ''Passenger'' up with '' Arjunan Saakshi'' (2011),''Molly Aunty Rocks'' (2012), '' Pun ...
.
In 2019 he co-hosted ''Super Singer'', a television music reality show on
Surya TV with
Ranjini Haridas
Ranjini Haridas is an Indian television presenter, actress, model and YouTuber . She became popular through the Star Singer TV show of Asianet.Throughout 5 seasons of the show, she was the host.
She reacted against the cruelty to animals, s ...
.
From 2020 to 2022, he hosted ''
Udan Panam 3.0'' on the Mazhavil Manorama with Meenakshi Raveendran.
Filmography
Films
Television
Special appearances
References
External links
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Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Male actors from Thrissur
Male actors in Malayalam television
1995 births
Living people