Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) born 17 August 1956 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, is a filmmaker and cinematographer. His cinematic career spans both the Malayalam film world, often referred as Mollywood, and the Kannada film world. Although a Malayalee, his directorial exercises were chiefly with Kannada films. His popularity also is largely as a director rather than a cinematographer due to his many popular films in Kannada, some of which went on to become blockbusters.
