Rahul Dev Explained

Rahul Dev
Birth Name:	Rahul Dev Kaushal
Birth Date:	1968 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	New Delhi, India
Alma Mater:	St. Columba's School, Delhi
Years Active:	1997 – present
Children:	1
Relatives:	Mukul Dev (brother)

Rahul Dev (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films ^[1] and few Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia films.

Early life

Rahul Dev and his brother Mukul Dev both are sons of Hari Dev who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police.^[2]

Career

He made his screen debut in the 2000 film Champion where he played a villainous role for which he was nominated for the 2001 Filmfare Best Villain Award. He also appeared as a villain in the Punjabi movie Dharti in 2011. He then moved into Malayalam cinema, playing the role of an assassin Sheik Imran in Amal Neerad's Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded. Four years later, he made a comeback with Sringaravelan.

In December 2013, Dev made his television debut, playing the role of the demon Arunasur in the mythological TV series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev.^[3] He Participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10) and Evicted in Day 63.^{[4] [5]} He appeared in Bhojpuri film Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 in 2018.^[6] Rahul will soon be seen sharing screen space with Aftab in the upcoming crime thriller web series Poison 2.^[7]

Personal life

Dev's wife Rina died of cancer on 16 May 2009. The couple had been married for 11 years and have a son,^[8] Sidhart. Dev has spoken about the experience of being a single father.^[9] He is in a relationship with model and actress Mugdha Godse.^[10]

On 22 April 2019, his father, Hari Dev, who was an assistant commissioner of police died at the age of 91.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Champion	Naseer Ahmed	Hindi	Hindi Debut ^[12]
2001	Aashiq	Baburao
	Asoka	Bheema		^[13]
	Indian	Pratap Sinha
	Narasimha	Rasool Akhtar	Tamil	Tamil Debut
	Akasa Veedhilo	Terrorist	Telugu	Telugu Debut^[14]
2002	Takkari Donga	Shakeel	Telugu
	Chalo Ishq Ladaaye	Raja	Hindi	^[15]
		Sukhdev
	Awara Paagal Deewana	Vikrant Prasad
2003	Parasuram	Shankaran Kutti/Akash	Tamil
	Kyon?	Inspector Aditya Solanki	Hindi
	Supari	Papad
	88 Antop Hill	IGP Arvind Khanvilkar
	Simhadri	Bala Nair	Telugu
	Footpath	Shekhar Srivastav	Hindi
	Seetayya	Chandra Naidu	Telugu
2004	Omkara	Khaan	Kannada	Kannada Debut
	Agnipankh	Vishal	Hindi
	Bardaasht	Corrupt ACP Yeshwant Thakur
		Baba Yeda Pathan / Yeda Bhai
	Andhrawala	Dhanraj	Telugu
	Mass	Seshu/Shatru
	Vidyardhi	Salim Ibrahim
2005	Insan	Azhar Khan/Munna	Hindi
	Narasimhudu	JD's son	Telugu
	Athadu	Sadhu
	Mazhai	Deva	Tamil
	Allari Pidugu	J. K.	Telugu
	Jai Chiranjeeva	Asghar
2006	Fight Club – Members Only	Sandy	Hindi
	Asthram	Karim	Telugu
	Jaane Hoga Kya?	Special Investigations Officer Rathore	Hindi
	Kachchi Sadak	Javed Ali
	Iqraar by Chance	Sikka
	Chinnodu	Sri Sailam	Telugu
	Seetha Raamudu	Ramulu
	Sarhad Paar	Bakatawar	Hindi
	Pournami	Zamindar	Telugu
	Shree	Shetty	Kannada
2007	Mahanayak	Ranjit	Odia	Odia Debut
	Soundarya	Prakash	Kannada
	Okkadunnadu	Sona Bhai's nephew	Telugu
	Muni	Mastan Bhai	Tamil
	Munna	Aatma	Telugu
	Cape Karma	Manav	Hindi
	Tulasi	Basavaraju	Telugu
2008	D	Raj	Hindi
	Bindaas	D	Kannada
	Jimmy	ACP Rajeshwar Vyas	Hindi
	Bombaat	Das	Kannada
	Arasangam	Chandru	Tamil
	Mukhbiir	Saaya	Hindi
	Bank		Telugu
	Sankat City	Suleman Supari	Hindi
	Kidnap	Irfan
	U Me Aur Hum	Jeetu
2009	Shatru Sanghar	Rahul	Odia
	Premi No. 1	Ranjit
	Aa Dekhen Zara	Captain	Hindi
	Kal Kissne Dekha	Marshal
	Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded	Sheikh Imran (Sniper)	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
	Yodha		Kannada
	Aadhavan	Abdul Kulkarni	Tamil
	Blue	Gulshan Samnani	Hindi
2010	Shaapit	Prof. Pashupathy
2011	Run Bhola Run
	Veera	Dhanraj	Telugu
	Dhada	R.D.
	Dharti	Natchaar Singh	Punjabi	Punjabi Debut
2012	Mirza The Untold Story	Jeet
	Lovely	David	Telugu
	Dhammu	Police Officer
2013	Shadow	Jeeva
	Naayak	Babji
	Sringaravelan	Vikram	Malayalam
	Bhai	Bhavani	Telugu
	Rangbaaz	Lucky Vai	Bengali	Indian Bengali Debut
2014	Yevadu	Veeru Bhai	Telugu
	Jaihind 2		Tamil/Telugu
	Abhimanyu		Kannada
	Loukyam	Sathya	Telugu
2015	Ek Paheli Leela	Bhairav	Hindi
	Lailaa O Lailaa	Victor Rana	Malayalam
	10 Endrathukulla	Daksha Bhai	Tamil
	RajadhiRaja	John Tiger	Malayalam
	Vedalam	Rahul	Tamil
2016	Shikari	Dev	Bengali	Bangladeshi debut film
	Okka Ammayi Thappa	Aslam Bhai	Telugu
	Dishoom	Altaaf	Hindi
2017	Sathya	Don David	Malayalam
	E
	Mubarakan	Akalpreet Sandhu	Hindi
	I'm Not A Terrorist	Mustaffa	Malay – Hindi
2018	Inttelligent	Vicky Bhai	Telugu
	22 Days		Hindi
	Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2		Bhojpuri	Bhojpuri Debut
	Padayottam	Samad	Malayalam
2019	Rocky		Marathi	Marathi debut^[16]
	Pagalpanti	Smuggler Kazaam	Gujarati	Gujarati Debut
2020	Operation Parindey	Monty Singh	Hindi	Released on ZEE5^[17] ^[18]
	Torbaaz	Qazar		Released on Netflix
2021	Ranam		Kannada
	Raat Baaki Hai	Rajesh Ahlawat	Hindi	Released on ZEE5
	Arjun Gowda		Kannada
2022	Bikkhov	Malik Pradhan	Bengali	Bangladeshi film
	The Legend	Member of VJ's pharmaceutical mafia	Tamil
2023	Gaslight	SP Ashok Tanwar	Hindi	Released on Hotstar
		Shantanu
	Kill Him (2023 film)	Kill Him	Anna Seth	Bengali	Bangladeshi film
	Mastaney	Nader Shah	Punjabi
2024	Shivrayancha Chhava	Kakar Khan	Marathi
2024	Dard	Vasu Rao Surve "V.R.S Bhai"	Hindi Bengali	Bilingual film; India Bangladesh joint venture
2025			Hindi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2005	Games Bond	Host	^[19]
2010		Contestant	^[20]
2013	Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev		^[21]
2015–2016	Power Couple	Contestant	^[22]
2016	CID: Karo Ya Maro	Katori Damta
	Bigg Boss 10	Contestant	^[23]
2017	Dil Boley Oberoi	Kali Thakur	^[24]
2021	The Empire	Wazir khan
2023	Adhura	Officer Bedi

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2017–2018	The Test Case	Naib Subedar Kirpal Bhatti	^[25]
2020	Who's Your Daddy??	Prem Singh	^[26]
	Poison 2	Sikander Malik	^[27]
2021	LSD: Love, Scandal and Doctors	Dr. Rana
2022	Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega	Hooda Kartoos

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Result	Notes
2001	Champion	Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004	Simhadri	Filmfare Award South for Best Villain- Telugu
	Footpath	Zee Cine Award Best Villain

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rahul Dev says he did Bigg Boss 10. Indiatoday. 11 December 2023. 23 September 2022. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211133150/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/rahul-dev-says-he-did-bigg-boss-10-as-he-had-no-work-2003887-2022-09-23. live.
2. Web site: Rahul Dev and Mukul Dev's father dies at 91, Shah Rukh Khan, Manoj Bajpayee pay tribute. 22 April 2019. Hindustan Times. 19 September 2019. 9 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009143430/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/rahul-dev-and-mukul-dev-s-father-dies-at-91-shah-rukh-khan-manoj-bajpayee-pay-tribute/story-IyHoTHcpY6tGiiAYHiLF0I.html. live.
3. Web site: Rahul Dev's look in 'Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 . The Times of India . 6 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206223121/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/news/Rahul-Devs-look-in-Devon-Ke-Dev-Mahadev/articleshow/26962351.cms . live .
4. Web site: Rahul Dev: Took up 'Bigg Boss' to support my son's education. The Times of India. 24 October 2016. 3 January 2021. 12 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230312113827/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Rahul-Dev-Took-up-Bigg-Boss-to-support-my-sons-education/articleshow/55026179.cms. live.
5. Web site: Bigg Boss 10: Rahul Dev EVICTED!. 17 December 2016. 3 January 2021. 11 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911032007/https://www.abplive.in/television/bigg-boss-10-omg-rahul-dev-gets-eliminated-465316. dead.
6. News: 'Dulhin Chahi Pakistan Se 2': Rahul Dev to star in the Bhojpuri film . . 3 October 2020 . 19 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200119013856/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bhojpuri/movies/news/dulhin-chahi-pakistan-se-2-rahul-dev-to-star-in-the-bhojpuri-film/articleshow/64745661.cms . live .
7. Web site: 13 October 2020. Poison 2: Rahul Dev On Working With Aftab Shivdasani For The 4th Time, Says,"He Is More Like Family". 15 November 2021. Koimoi. en-US. 15 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211115114519/https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/poison-2-rahul-dev-on-working-with-aftab-shivdasani-for-the-4th-time-sayshe-is-more-like-family/. live.
8. Web site: Dinesh Hingoo Movies, News, Songs, Images, Interviews. Bollywood Hungama. 14 April 2020. 15 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515004800/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/dinesh-hingoo/. live.
9. Web site: Kamal Haasan to Tom Cruise: Here are 10 famous single proud daddies. MyNation. 19 September 2019. 11 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011185303/https://www.mynation.com/entertainment/kamal-haasan-to-tom-cruise-here-are-10-famous-single-proud-daddies-pt6dkn. live.
10. News: Rahul Dev on 14-year age gap with Mugdha Godse: 'My parents had an age gap of 10 years too' . 24 May 2022 . Hindustan Times . 9 March 2020 . en . 24 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524105517/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/rahul-dev-on-14-year-age-gap-with-mugdha-godse-my-parents-had-an-age-gap-of-10-years-too/story-KoRbkEMiQF7HWInv1dRFyI.html . live .
11. Web site: 22 April 2019 . Rahul Dev's father, Hari Dev, passes away at 91 . 12 June 2022 . Mid-day . en . 12 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612144432/https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/rahul-devs-father-passes-away-at-91-20793161 . live .
12. Web site: Champion Review 3/5 Champion Movie Review Champion 2000 Public Review Film Review. Bollywood Hungama. December 2000 . 20 August 2021. en. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820124031/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/champion/critic-review/champion-movie-review/. live.
13. Web site: Asoka (2001) Asoka Movie Asoka (Asoka) Bollywood Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos. 20 August 2021. FilmiBeat. en.
14. Web site: Akasa Veedhilo Cast & Crew, Akasa Veedhilo Telugu Movie Cast, Actor, Actress, Director. 20 August 2021. FilmiBeat. en. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820125853/https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/akasa-veedhilo/cast-crew.html. live.
15. Web site: Chalo Ishq Ladaaye - Movie - Box Office India. 20 August 2021. boxofficeindia.com. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820130627/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1240. live.
16. News: 14 December 2018 . 'Rocky' teaser: Ahmed Khan's upcoming Marathi film is high on action . 21 February 2024 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
17. Web site: Rahul Dev To Be Seen In A Whole New Avatar In Operation Parindey. 30 January 2020. Mid-Day. 16 May 2020. 23 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200323135818/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/rahul-dev-to-be-seen-in-a-whole-new-avatar-in-operation-parindey/22515175. live.
18. Web site: Rahul Dev on lockdown amid coronavirus crisis: 'Shooting is the last thing on my mind, I really wish I am able to get back to work'. 27 March 2020. Hindustan Times. 14 April 2020. 29 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200329053300/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/rahul-dev-on-lockdown-amid-coronavirus-crisis-shooting-is-the-last-thing-on-my-mind-i-really-wish-i-am-able-to-get-back-to-work/story-2xkKEmcVjdjLRV95mRmOoK.html. live.
19. Web site: Star One to launch virtual reality game show 'Games Bond'. 3 June 2005. 6 September 2017. 7 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170907165236/http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/star-one-to-launch-virtual-reality-game-show-%E2%80%98games-bond%E2%80%99_16440.html. live.
20. Web site: Looking at the 12 Khiladis of Fear Factor. Rediff. 10 January 2023. 28 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128061741/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/06/slide-show-1-tv-a-look-at-the-twelve-contestants-of-khatron-ke-khiladi.htm. live.
21. News: Rahul Dev to play a villain on Devon Ke Dev Mahadev. 29 November 2013. Hindustan Times. 21 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421095137/http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/rahul-dev-to-play-a-villain-on-devon-ke-dev-mahadev/story-UlV5B7ZnM2u0nJ1KyL1wgN.html. live.
22. Web site: Power Couple is all about love: Mugdha Godse. 9 December 2015. 21 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421094744/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/power-couple-is-all-about-love-says-mugdha-godse-who-is-participating-with-beau-rahul-dev-in-sony-tv-reality-show/1/542086.html. live.
23. Web site: Bigg Boss 10. 31 October 2016. Colors TV. 1 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101041305/http://www.colorstv.com/mena/biggboss/contestants/. live.
24. Web site: ISHQBAAZ: Rahul Dev's role REVEALED in Dil Bole Oberoi and he is NOT Anika's Father. 10 February 2017. 10 February 2017. 11 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011185304/https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/television/ishqbaaz-rahul-devs-role-revealed-in-dil-bole-oberoi-and-he-is-not-anikas-father-491525. live.
25. News: Rahul Dev about The Test Case: Women are equally strong for combat roles. 10 February 2018. 9 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509111649/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/the-test-case-women-equally-strong-for-combat-roles-says-rahul-dev-04655354/. live.
26. Web site: AltBalaji And Zee5 To Launch A New Show 'Who's Your Daddy' Starring Rahul Dev . 11 March 2020. mumbailive . 2 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200330161212/https://www.mumbailive.com/en/digital/altbalaji-and-zee5-web-series-who%27s-your-daddy-with-rahul-dev-harsh-beniwal-nikhil-bhambri-46476. 30 March 2020. live.
27. Web site: 14 September 2020. Poison 2 (Zee5) Web Series Watch Online, Cast, Trailer, Release Date. 29 September 2020. Bollywood News 23. en-US. 11 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011112707/https://www.news23.in/poison-2-zee5-web-series-watch-online-cast-trailer-release-date/. live.