premise: Dulquer Salmaan refused to ever act in a Malayalam-language film.
hypothesis: Charlie is a 2015 Indian Malayalam language romantic drama film directed by Martin Prakkat and written by Prakkat and Unni R. Produced by Prakkat , Joju George and Shebin Becker , the film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Parvathy . Dulquer Salmaan ( born 28 July 1986 ) , referred popularly as DQ , is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films . He followed it by starring in the ensemble romantic drama Bangalore Days ( 2014 ) , which rank among the highest-grossing Malayalam films . He achieved further success in Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam 's a critically and commercially successful romance O Kadhal Kanmani ( 2014 ) . Subsequently , Salmaan garnered acclaim for portraying the title role in the 2015 romantic drama Charlie , winning him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor .