Dulquer Salmaan graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting.

Salmaan is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards South and one Kerala State Film Award.

After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with Second Show (2012).

Salmaan has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several commercially or critically successful films.

Dulquer Salmaan has been recognised in the media as a fashion icon and an auto enthusiast.

Dulquer Salmaan owns several entrepreneurship ventures and promotes various social causes.

Dulquer Salmaan is also the founder of the film production company Wayfarer Films.

On 22 December 2011, he married architect Amal Sufiya in an arranged marriage. Amal comes from a North Indian Muslim family settled in Chennai.

Dulquer Salmaan was ranked fourth by GQ in their listing of the 50 most influential young Indians of 2016.