Drishya

Bigg Boss

Gaalipata

Maruthi Nagar Police Station

Kondraal Paavam

Pakalum Paathiravum

Ombatthane Dikku

Anaganaga O Athidhi

Aa Karaala Ratri

Sathya Harishchandra

Gharshane

Circus

Yeshwanth

Dayal Padmanabhan is an Indian film writer, director and producer, mainly working in Kannada cinema who is a two times Karnataka State award winner and one time Indian Panorama , IFFI( Golden Jublee edition)entrant.
His films include Baa Baro Rasika (2004), Yeshwanth (2005), Circus (2009), Haggada Kone (2014), Actor (2015), Aa Karaala Ratri (2018), and Ranganayaki (2019). His first film as a director was OK Saar OK. He starred in Gaalipata, where his Dracula character received critical and public acclaim. His film Haggada Kone and Aa Karaala Ratri received widespread critical acclaim and he won Karnataka State awards for those films under Best Director & Best Film Category in the year 2014 & 2018 respectively. DayalPadmanabhan competed in the television show Bigg Boss House for Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5, and was eliminated on his 21st day. He remade the critically acclaimed Tamil film "Korangu Bommai" in Kannada titled "Ombattane Dikku" starring "Loose Mada" Yogi. In 2020, Dayal, has ventured into Telugu and Tamil film Industry  with "Anaganaga O Athidi" & "Kondraal Paavam" which are the remakes of his own Kannada directorial Aa Karaala Ratri.