Rahul Dev

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Rahul Dev
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Rahul Dev in 2014
Born
Rahul Dev Kaushal

(1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 55)
New Delhi, India
Alma mater St. Columba's School, Delhi
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active1997 – present
Spouse
Reena Dev
(m. 1998;died 2009)
Children1
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] [2] and few Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia films.

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Early life

Rahul Dev and his brother Mukul Dev both are sons of Hari Dev who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police. [3]

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 . [4] He Participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10) and Evicted in Day 63. [5] [6] He appeared in Bhojpuri film Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 in 2018. [7] Rahul will soon be seen sharing screen space with Aftab in the upcoming crime thriller web series Poison 2. [8]

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, [9] Sidhart. Dev has spoken about the experience of being a single father. [10] He is in a relationship with model and actress Mugdha Godse. [11]

On 22 April 2019, his father, Hari Dev, who was an assistant commissioner of police died at the age of 91. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000 Champion Naseer Ahmed Hindi Hindi Debut [13]
2001 Aashiq Baburao [14]
Asoka Bheema [15]
Indian Pratap Sinha [16]
Narasimha Rasool Akhtar Tamil Tamil Debut [17]
Akasa Veedhilo Terrorist Telugu Telugu Debut [18]
2002 Takkari Donga ShakeelTelugu [19]
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye RajaHindi [20]
23 March 1931: Shaheed Sukhdev
Awara Paagal Deewana Vikrant Prasad
2003 Parasuram Shankaran Kutti/AkashTamil
Kyon?Inspector Aditya SolankiHindi
Supari PapadHindi
88 Antop Hill IGP Arvind KhanvilkarHindi
Simhadri Bala NairTelugu
Footpath Shekhar SrivastavHindi
Seetayya Chandra NaiduTelugu
2004 Omkara Khaan Kannada Kannada Debut
Agnipankh VishalHindi
Bardaasht Corrupt ACP Yeshwant ThakurHindi
Aan: Men at Work Baba Yeda Pathan / Yeda BhaiHindi
Andhrawala DhanrajTelugu
Mass Seshu/ShatruTelugu
Vidyardhi Salim IbrahimTelugu
2005 Insan Azhar Khan/MunnaHindi
Narasimhudu JD's sonTelugu
Athadu SadhuTelugu
Mazhai DevaTamil
Allari Pidugu J. K.Telugu
Jai Chiranjeeva AsgharTelugu
2006 Fight Club – Members Only SandyHindi
Asthram KarimTelugu
Jaane Hoga Kya? Special Investigations Officer RathoreHindi
Kachchi Sadak Javed AliHindi
Iqraar by Chance SikkaHindi
Chinnodu Sri SailamTelugu
Seetha RaamuduRamuluTelugu
Sarhad Paar BakatawarHindi
Pournami ZamindarTelugu
Shree ShettyKannada
2007MahanayakRanjit Odia Odia Debut
Soundarya PrakashKannada
Okkadunnadu Sona Bhai's nephewTelugu
Muni Mastan BhaiTamil
Munna AatmaTelugu
Cape KarmaManavHindi
Tulasi BasavarajuTelugu
2008DRajHindi
Bindaas DKannada
Jimmy ACP Rajeshwar VyasHindi
Bombaat DasKannada
Arasangam ChandruTamil
Mukhbiir SaayaHindi
Bank Telugu
Sankat City Suleman SupariHindi
Kidnap IrfanHindi
U Me Aur Hum JeetuHindi
2009 Shatru Sanghar RahulOdia
Premi No. 1 RanjitOdia
Aa Dekhen Zara CaptainHindi
Kal Kissne Dekha MarshalHindi
Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded Sheikh Imran (Sniper) Malayalam Malayalam Debut
Yodha Kannada
Aadhavan Abdul KulkarniTamil
Blue Gulshan SamnaniHindi
2010 Shaapit Prof. PashupathyHindi
2011 Run Bhola Run Hindi
Veera DhanrajTelugu
Dhada R.D.Telugu
Dharti Natchaar Singh Punjabi Punjabi Debut
2012 Mirza The Untold Story JeetPunjabi
Lovely DavidTelugu
Dhammu Police OfficerTelugu
2013 Shadow JeevaTelugu
Naayak BabjiTelugu
Sringaravelan VikramMalayalam
Bhai BhavaniTelugu
Rangbaaz Lucky Vai Bengali Indian Bengali Debut
2014 Yevadu Veeru BhaiTelugu
Jaihind 2 Tamil/Telugu
Abhimanyu Kannada
Loukyam SathyaTelugu
2015 Ek Paheli Leela BhairavHindi
Lailaa O Lailaa Victor RanaMalayalam
10 Endrathukulla Daksha BhaiTamil
RajadhiRaja John TigerMalayalam
Vedalam RahulTamil
2016 Shikari DevBengali Bangladeshi debut film
Okka Ammayi Thappa Aslam BhaiTelugu
Dishoom AltaafHindi
2017 Sathya Don DavidMalayalam
E Malayalam
Mubarakan Akalpreet SandhuHindi
I'm Not A Terrorist MustaffaMalay – Hindi
2018 Inttelligent Vicky BhaiTelugu
22 DaysHindi
Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 Bhojpuri Bhojpuri Debut
Padayottam SamadMalayalam
2019Rocky Marathi Marathi debut [21]
Pagalpanti Smuggler Kazaam Gujarati Gujarati Debut
2020 Operation Parindey Monty SinghHindiReleased on ZEE5 [22] [23]
Torbaaz QazarHindiReleased on Netflix
2021 Ranam Kannada
Raat Baaki Hai Rajesh AhlawatHindiReleased on ZEE5
Arjun Gowda Kannada
2022BikkhovMalik PradhanBengali Bangladeshi film
The Legend Member of VJ's pharmaceutical mafiaTamil
2023 Gaslight SP Ashok TanwarHindiReleased on Hotstar
1920: Horrors of the Heart ShantanuHindi
Kill Him Anna SethBengali Bangladeshi film
Mastaney Nader Shah Punjabi
2024 Shivrayancha Chhava Kakar KhanMarathi
2024 Dard Vasu Rao Surve "VRS"Hindi
Bengali
Bilingual film;
India Bangladesh joint venture

Television

YearTitleRoleRef
2005Games BondHost [24]
2010 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 Contestant [25]
2013 Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Arunasur [1]
2015–2016 Power Couple Contestant [26]
2016 CID: Karo Ya Maro Katori Damta
Bigg Boss 10 Contestant [27]
2017 Dil Boley Oberoi Kali Thakur [28]
2021 The Empire Wazir khan
2023 Adhura Officer Bedi

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017–2018 The Test Case Naib Subedar Kirpal Bhatti [29]
2020 Who's Your Daddy?? Prem Singh [30]
Poison 2 Sikander Malik [31]
2021 LSD: Love, Scandal and Doctors Dr. Rana
2022 Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega Hooda Kartoos

Awards and nominations

YearTitleAwardResultNotes
2001 Champion Filmfare Best Villain Award Nominated
2004 Simhadri Filmfare Award South for Best Villain- Telugu Nominated
Footpath Zee Cine Award Best VillainWon

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