Dileep was born to Padhmanabhan Pillai and Saroja on October 27, 1968 in Desom, Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala, India).On joining Maharajas college for B.A. Economics in 1989 Gopalakrisnan started to take mimicry seriously. When Dileep finish his studies with M.A. History, he decided to choose art as his profession