Dev Gill

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Dev Gill
Born
Devinder Singh Gill

(1977-10-12) 12 October 1977 (age 46)
Other namesDev Singh Gill
Occupation(s)Actor, model
Years active2002–present
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Devinder Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies alongside Hindi and Punjabi movies. [1]

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Career

Gill made his debut with film Shaheed-E-Azam (2002). In 2008, he acted in Telugu language film Krishnarjuna . In 2009 he appeared in Magadheera (2009), which received positive reviews from the critics upon its release. [2] He played the villain in the Tamil movie Sura (2010. [3] Gill played the role of an actor in Prema Kavali (2011). In 2013, he played the role of Pakistani athlete Abdul Khaliq in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag . In 2014, he worked in Rajinikanth starrer Lingaa . He played a lead role in Punjabi language film Saadey CM Saab (2016).

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2002 Shaheed-E-Azam Shivaram Rajguru Hindi
2005 Mr Prime Minister Al Qaida manHindi
2005BoldRajHindi
2008 Krishnarjuna Telugu
2009 Magadheera Raghu Veer / Ranadev BillaTelugu
2010 Sura Samuthira Raja / Sundaram Tamil
Ragada G. K.Telugu
2011 Prema Kavali TagoreTelugu
2012 Poola Rangadu Konda ReddyTelugu
Rachcha Baireddanna's sonTelugu
Sagar Sonu Kannada
2013 Naayak BadvelTelugu
Adda DevaTelugu
Election DeviprasadKannada
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Abdul Khaliq Hindi
2014 Mr. Fraud Nikki Malayalam
Lingaa Freedom fighterTamil
2016 Saadey CM Saab Dev Singh Gill Punjabi
Zoom Kannada
Sardaar Ji 2 Diljyot's fianceePunjabi
2017 Julie 2 Dubai Don LalaHindi
2018 Inttelligent PatelTelugu
Genius Satyajit RathoreHindi
Orange Narasimha NayakaKannada
2019 Charlie Chaplin 2 SmugglerTamil
Dabangg 3 BablooHindi
2020 Khaki DevKannada
2021 Mirugaa A. C. P. VijayTamil
Vakeel Saab Shankar Reddy's Right HandTelugu
2022 Pakka Commercial Ayub KhanTelugu
2023 Pichaikkaran 2 AravindTamil

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References

  1. "All you want to know about #DevGill".
  2. "11 Years for Magadheera: A look back at Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal starrer | the Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. "Director SP Rajkumar reveals the reason why Vijay's Sura turned out to be a failure".