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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Dino Martelli
| image = 
| caption = Dino Martelli (formerly Deepak Malhotra)
| birth_name = Deepak Malhotra
| birth_date = 1964
| birth_place = Bangalore, India
| other_names = Dino Malhotra Martelli
| occupation = Model, actor, entrepreneur
| years_active = 1980s–present
}}

'''Dino Martelli''', previously known as '''Deepak Malhotra''' (born 1964), is a former Indian model and actor, who now runs an [[apparel]] company.

== Early life ==
Deepak lived in [[Bangalore]], where he studied in [[Christ University]] from 1982 to 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dino Martelli Email & Phone Number {{!}} NYC Made Apparel – ContactOut |url=https://contactout.com/dino-martelli-27953 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416214627/https://contactout.com/dino-martelli-27953 |archive-date=2024-04-16 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=contactout.com |language=en}}</ref>

He was a member of [[Bangalore Club]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-10-22 |title=Who is Dino Martelli? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/who-is-dino-martelli/articleshow/58788369.cms |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and was also a national-level [[Gymnastics|gymnast]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Vasudev |first=Shefalee |date=2013-11-08 |title=Male Models {{!}} An overdue obituary |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PgNcXqfu5tTIO6Dpo2Iu5N/Male-Models--An-overdue-obituary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112043919/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PgNcXqfu5tTIO6Dpo2Iu5N/Male-Models--An-overdue-obituary.html |archive-date=2013-11-12 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Modelling ===
One of the earliest finds of Design and Print Group, Malhotra began his career modelling for a menswear line in Bangalore, and soon became one of the most sought after models during the late 1980s and the early 1990s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2001-03-22 |title=Gone like froth and bubble |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gone-like-froth-and-bubble/articleshow/35047151.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516021447/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/Gone-like-froth-and-bubble/articleshow/35047151.cms |archive-date=2012-05-16 |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He was the face of Vimal, a major textile brand of [[Reliance Industries]], for many years;<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vohra |first=Anupama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0-TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Deepak+Malhotra+of+Vimal+fame%22 |title=Advertising on TV |date=2005 |publisher=S. Wadhwa & Company |isbn=978-81-902286-4-0 |pages=116 |language=en}}</ref> and reportedly had a contract of ₹150,000 in 1987, which was unprecedented at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-07-31 |title=Now, Mithun Chakraborty 'disco-dances' his way to Russian hearts |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19870731-now-mithun-chakraborty-disco-dances-his-way-to-russian-hearts-799106-1987-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416214308/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19870731-now-mithun-chakraborty-disco-dances-his-way-to-russian-hearts-799106-1987-07-30 |archive-date=2024-04-16 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He gained further popularity with his TV advertisement for Aramusk, a soap that was promoted as being for the "extravagantly male".<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Abramson |first1=Paul R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SUFxfft7zMC&dq=%22extravagantly+male%22&pg=PA292 |title=Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture |last2=Pinkerton |first2=Steven D. |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-226-00182-1 |pages=292 |language=en}}</ref> He also appeared in advertisements for [[Kwality Wall's|Kwality]] and Garware Video Cassette.{{cn|date=August 2025}}

=== Acting ===
[[File:Lamhe poster 2.jpg|thumb|Deepak Malhotra and [[Sridevi]] in the poster of ''[[Lamhe]]'' (1991)]]
After his success as a model, he started getting movie offers, and moved to [[Mumbai]]. In 1991, he made his film debut with [[Yash Chopra]]'s ''[[Lamhe]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deepak Malhotra – Yash Raj Films |url=https://www.yashrajfilms.com/yrf-alumni/deepak-malhotra |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.yashrajfilms.com}}</ref> starring alongside [[Sridevi]] and [[Anil Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZilHnWjxqYC&q=%22now+he's+all+set+to+appear+in+Yash+Chopra's+Lamhe+with+Anil+Kapoor+and+Sridevi+.+With+all+the+Adonises+strutting+about+,+we+wonder+if+Deepak+will+be+able+to+muscle+his+way+to+the+top%22 |title=Times of India Illustrated Weekly |date=1991 |publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press |volume=112 |language=en |issue=1–10}}</ref> The film did poorly at the box office and Martelli received backlash for his role, particularly for a single scene.<ref name="Htimes">{{cite news |last1=Mathur |first1=Abhimanyu |title=How an actor's career was ruined by one line: Once rival to Shah Rukh, Aamir Khan, he changed his name, left India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/how-actor-deepak-malhotra-career-was-ruined-pallo-dialogue-lamhe-shah-rukh-khan-aamir-khan-changed-name-dino-martelli-101746768077937.html |access-date=20 August 2025 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=9 May 2025}}</ref> Martelli was also cast for the 1993 film ''[[Darr]]'', but he was replaced by [[Sunny Deol]] due to the backlash he received for his performance in Lamhe. He got his second and last film role in the 1994 action film ''Tejasvini'', where he appeared opposite [[Vijayshanti]]. By 1994 he had stopped receiving offers as an actor and moved to the United States to continue his modeling career.<ref name="Htimes"/>

=== Entrepreneurship ===
Malhotra moved to New York City and changed his name to Dino Martelli.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-20 |title=Missing |url=https://news.yahoo.com/missing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113083049/https://news.yahoo.com/missing.html |archive-date=2022-11-13 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=নামী মডেল থেকে শ্রীদেবীর সহ-অভিনেতা, এখন নাম পাল্টে থাকেন বিদেশে |trans-title=Famous model to Sridevi's co-star, now lives abroad under a changed name |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/once-popular-model-and-lamhe-fame-deepak-malhotra-now-maintains-a-self-imposed-silence-dgtl-1.1147735 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416221216/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/once-popular-model-and-lamhe-fame-deepak-malhotra-now-maintains-a-self-imposed-silence-dgtl-1.1147735 |archive-date=2024-04-16 |website=Anandabazar Patrika |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-20 |title=Class of 1991: Celebrating 25 years of Urmila, Akshay, Raveena |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/class-of-1991-celebrating-25-years-of-urmila-akshay-raveena/20160620.htm |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref> There he studied industrial engineering and designing,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title='It Takes 2 To Run A Restaurant' |url=https://www.uppercrustindia.com/oldsite/21crust/twentyone/people1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418174459/https://www.uppercrustindia.com/oldsite/21crust/twentyone/people1.htm |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Upper Crust ::: India's food, wine and style magazine}}</ref> and started working in the field of apparels. He is currently the principal at NYC Made Apparel, which he co-founded in 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=NYC MADE APPAREL – New York, NY |url=https://www.alignable.com/new-york-ny/nyc-made-apparel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417055830/https://www.alignable.com/new-york-ny/nyc-made-apparel |archive-date=2024-04-17 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Alignable |language=en}}</ref>

In 2003,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-11-05 |title=Celebrities don their chef hats |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/celebrities-don-their-chef-hats/articleshow/267624.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418180333/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/celebrities-don-their-chef-hats/articleshow/267624.cms |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> he opened Café Sesso in The Courtyard in [[Colaba]], [[Mumbai]] with his friend and business partner, socialite Sabina Chopra.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Asian Indian restaurant owner and socialite Sabina Chopra at Race Course ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India NO MR {{!}} Dinodia Photo Library |url=https://dinodia.photoshelter.com/image/I0000eXIs9tHd4GI |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=dinodia.photoshelter.com}}</ref> It shut down over a year later,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-UiAQAAMAAJ&q=deepak+malhotra |title=Business India |date=2005 |publisher=A. H. Advani |pages=12 |language=en |issue=706–712}}</ref> and they took up the management of the restaurant at [[Breach Candy]]'s Moksh gym and leisure club, naming it Spring.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-UiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22She+and+business+partner+Dino+have+decided+to+call+the+place+Spring+.%22 |title=Business India |date=2005 |publisher=A. H. Advani |pages=12 |language=en |issue=706–712}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Dino Martelli / Deepak Malhotra
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Lamhe]]'' || Lead actor || Debut film; starred opposite Sridevi and [[Anil Kapoor]]
|-
| 1994 || ''Tejasvini'' || Lead actor || Final film role; starred opposite [[Vijayshanti]]
|}

== Personal life ==
In 1998, Dino married model-turned-fashion choreographer Lubna Adam,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DIqAAAAYAAJ&q=deepak+malhotra |title=Cine Blitz |date=1998 |publisher=Blitz Publications |pages=21 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-26 |title=Where have all the supermodels gone? |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/where-have-all-the-supermodels-gone--15480196 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808215640/https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/where-have-all-the-supermodels-gone--15480196 |archive-date=2022-08-08 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref> who is notable for opening India's first fashion model training school 'Catwalk' in Bombay in 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUHqEAAAQBAJ&dq=limca+book+of+records+lubna+adam&pg=PT179 |title=Limca Book of Records 2024 |date=2024-01-24 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5731-765-8 |language=en}}</ref> They were in a relationship for 11 years before their marriage, and after getting married moved to New York where they lived in [[Upper West Side]].<ref name=":2" />

They have two sons<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bollywood Movie Actor Deepak Malhotra Biography, News, Photos, Videos |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/movie-actor/deepak-malhotra |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418183208/https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/movie-actor/deepak-malhotra |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=nettv4u |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-24 |title=Lubna Adams with kids at 'Mijwan Show' at Trident, Bandra on January 23, 2011 – Photogallery |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/mumbai/celebs-at-mijwan-show/lubna-adams/articleshow/7351592.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226050954/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com:80/events/mumbai/celebs-at-mijwan-show/Lubna-Adams/articleshow/7351592.cms |archive-date=2012-12-26 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=photogallery.indiatimes.com}}</ref>— Kian Martelli, who was a decorated athlete in [[Riverhead High School]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-10 |title=Top 25 boys indoor track athletes to watch in 2018–19 |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/top-25-boys-indoor-track-athletes-to-watch-in-2018-19-m78018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609085807/https://www.newsday.com/news/top-25-boys-indoor-track-athletes-to-watch-in-2018-19-m78018 |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kian Martelli Archives |url=https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/tag/kian-martelli/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810223554/https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/tag/kian-martelli/ |archive-date=2020-08-10 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Riverhead News Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kian Martelli |url=https://www.athletic.net/athlete/9013876/track-and-field/high-school |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240419044555/https://www.athletic.net/athlete/9013876/track-and-field/high-school |archive-date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Athletic.net |language=en}}</ref> and is a designated partner in Lubna Adams Luxury Lifestyle Llp;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=LUBNA ADAMS LUXURY LIFESTYLE LLP |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/LUBNA-ADAMS-LUXURY-LIFESTYLE-LLP/ABA-1177 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419012525/https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/LUBNA-ADAMS-LUXURY-LIFESTYLE-LLP/ABA-1177 |archive-date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Zauba Corp}}</ref> and Kyle Martelli, [[salutatorian]] of Riverhead High's graduating Class of 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-26 |title=Photos: Riverhead High School Class of 2021 celebrates graduation |url=https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2021/06/105788/photos-riverhead-high-school-class-of-2021-celebrates-graduation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418191209/https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2021/06/105788/photos-riverhead-high-school-class-of-2021-celebrates-graduation/ |archive-date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Riverhead News Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-28 |title=Meet the Class of 2021's top 20 |url=https://riverheadlocal.com/2021/03/28/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2021s-top-20/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412165621/https://riverheadlocal.com/2021/03/28/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2021s-top-20/ |archive-date=2021-04-12 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=RiverheadLOCAL |language=en-US}}</ref> who is currently a student at [[Boston University Questrom School of Business]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warmington |first=Jada |date=2022-12-16 |title=25 Tuesdays, 25 Terriers, 25 Inspiring Pieces of Advice {{!}} Hey BU Blog |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/25-tuesdays-25-terriers-25-inspiring-pieces-of-advice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216154156/https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/25-tuesdays-25-terriers-25-inspiring-pieces-of-advice/ |archive-date=2022-12-16 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Boston University |language=en}}</ref> The Martelli brothers have also modelled for [[Manish Malhotra]]'s fashion collection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-23 |title=Bringing back the bygone era |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/bringing-back-the-bygone-era/story-oIwOY1555I9fAqz8NxdZoK.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924144525/https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/bringing-back-the-bygone-era/story-oIwOY1555I9fAqz8NxdZoK.html |archive-date=2020-09-24 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

The couple have separated; and in 2014, Dino married Erika Falconeri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Falconeri Family History |url=https://sortedbyname.com/letter_f/falconeri/index_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250914063321/https://sortedbyname.com/letter_f/falconeri/index_1.html |archive-date=2025-09-14 |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=sortedbyname.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{imdbname|0539490|name=Deepak Malhotra}}

* [https://nycmadeapparel.com NYC Made Apparel]

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[[Category:Indian male models]]
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Gopalpurpp at 19:34, 21 November 2025