Dulquer Salmaan, popularly referred to as DQ, is an Indian actor who appears principally in Malayalam films. He is the son of actor Mammootty, and is currently one of the most bankable leading men of the Malayalam film industry. Salmaan made his acting debut in 2012 with the crime drama Second Show, for which he bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Debutant. Since then, he has appeared in an array of critically and commercially successful movies in Malayalam and Tamil, and won the Kerala State Award for Best Actor for the romantic drama Charlie (2015).