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 56)
New Delhi, India
Alma mater St. Columba's School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active1994 – present
Spouse
Reena Dev
​
​
(m. 1998;died 2009)​
Children1
Relatives Mukul Dev (brother)

Rahul Dev Kaushal (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] He also participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10) and was evicted on day 63. [3] [4]

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Early life

Rahul Dev Kaushal was born on 27 September, 1968 in New Delhi, India into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family with ancestral roots in a village in Jalandhar district. [5]

Rahul Dev and his brother, Mukul Dev, are the sons of Hari Dev who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police. [6] Hari Dev passed away in 2019 at the age of 91. [7] Their Punjab-born father Hari Dev had exposed the brothers to Afghan culture and could himself speak both Pashto and Farsi. [8]

Dev was educated at the St. Columba's School, Delhi. [9]

In 1993, while in his final year of college studying to be an engineer, he was discovered by fashion designer Rohit Khosla, who encouraged him to pursue modeling, a path he chose in 1994. [9]

Career

Model

Dev was one of the top Indian male models of the 1990s, itself considered the best decade for Indian male models. For his professional work he often switched between Delhi and Mumbai, where had moved in 1996. He featured in ad commercials for important brands such as Tata and Raymond as well lifestyle and entertainment magazines. [10]

Dev started his career as a professional model in 1994 and retired from modeling in 2002 to focus more on acting. [9]

Actor

Films

Dev 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 then moved into Malayalam cinema, playing the role of an assassin Sheik Imran in Amal Neerad's Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded . (2009). He also appeared as a villain in the Punjabi movie Dharti in 2011. Two years later, he made a comeback with Sringaravelan . He appeared in Bhojpuri film Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 in 2018. [11]

Television

In December 2013, Dev made his television debut, playing the role of the demon Arunasur in the mythological TV series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev . [12]

Personal life

Relationships and family

Dev's wife Rina died of cancer on 16 May 2009. The couple had been married for 11 years and have a son, [13] Sidhart. Dev has spoken about the experience of being a single father. [14] As of 2020 he was in a relationship with model and actress Mugdha Godse. [15]

Business ventures

In 1994, when he became a model, Dev also opened his own company, Rap Overseas, producing and exporting leather garments. [9]

Cricket

An enthusiast of cricket in his youth, Dev represented Delhi at under-19 level and was coached by the influential Gurcharan Singh. [9]

Filmography

Film

Key
†Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000 Champion Naseer Ahmed Hindi [16]
2001 Aashiq Baburao [17]
Asoka Bheema[ citation needed ]
Indian Pratap Sinha [18]
Narasimha Rasool Akhtar Tamil Tamil film [19]
Akasa Veedhilo Terrorist Telugu Telugu film[ citation needed ]
2002 Takkari Donga ShakaTelugu [20]
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye RajaHindi [21]
23 March 1931: Shaheed Sukhdev
Awara Paagal Deewana Vikrant Prasad
2003 Parasuram Shankaran Kutti/AkashTamil
Kyon?Inspector Aditya SolankiHindi
Supari Papad
88 Antop Hill IGP Arvind Khanvilkar
Simhadri Bala NairTelugu
Footpath Shekhar SrivastavHindi
Seetayya Chandra NaiduTelugu
2004 Omkara Khaan Kannada Kannada film
Agnipankh VishalHindi
Bardaasht Corrupt ACP Yeshwant Thakur
Aan: Men at Work Baba Yeda Pathan / Yeda Bhai
Andhrawala DhanrajTelugu
Mass Seshu/Shatru
Vidyardhi Salim Ibrahim
2005 Insan Azhar Khan/MunnaHindi
Narasimhudu JD's sonTelugu
Athadu Sadhu
Mazhai DevaTamil
Allari Pidugu J. K.Telugu
Jai Chiranjeeva Asghar
2006 Fight Club – Members Only SandyHindi
Asthram KarimTelugu
Jaane Hoga Kya? Special Investigations Officer RathoreHindi
Kachchi Sadak Javed Ali
Iqraar by Chance Sikka
Chinnodu Sri SailamTelugu
Seetha RaamuduRamulu
Sarhad Paar BakatawarHindi
Pournami ZamindarTelugu
Shree ShettyKannada
2007MahanayakRanjit Odia Odia film
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 Irfan
U Me Aur Hum Jeetu
2009 Shatru Sanghar RahulOdia
Mestri Telugu
Premi No. 1 RanjitOdia
Aa Dekhen Zara CaptainHindi
Kal Kissne Dekha Marshal
Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded Sheikh Imran (Sniper) Malayalam Malayalam film
Yodha Kannada
Aadhavan Abdul KulkarniTamil
Blue Gulshan SamnaniHindi
2010 Shaapit Prof. Pashupathy
2011 Run Bhola Run
Veera DhanrajTelugu
Dhada R.D.
Dharti Natchaar Singh Punjabi Punjabi film
2012 Mirza The Untold Story Jeet
Lovely DavidTelugu
Dhammu Police Officer
2013 Shadow Jeeva
Naayak Babji
Sringaravelan VikramMalayalam
Bhai BhavaniTelugu
Rangbaaz Lucky Vai Bengali Bengali film
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 film
Okka Ammayi Thappa Aslam BhaiTelugu
Dishoom AltaafHindi
2017 Sathya Don DavidMalayalam
E
Mubarakan Akalpreet SandhuHindi
I'm Not A Terrorist MustaffaMalayalam/Hindi
2018 Inttelligent Vicky BhaiTelugu
22 DaysHindi
Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 Bhojpuri Bhojpuri film
Padayottam SamadMalayalam
2019Rocky Marathi Marathi film [22]
Pagalpanti Smuggler Kazaam Gujarati Gujarati film
2020 Operation Parindey Monty SinghHindiReleased on ZEE5 [23] [24]
Torbaaz QazarReleased 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 Shantanu
Kill HimAnna SethBengali Bangladeshi film
Mastaney Nader Shah Punjabi
2024 Shivrayancha Chhava Kakar KhanMarathi
The Miranda Brothers MorochoHindi
Naam VikramHindi
Dard Vasu Rao Surve "V.R.S Bhai"Hindi/BengaliBilingual film
2025Welcome To The Jungle†TBAHindi

Television

YearTitleRoleRef
2005Games BondHost [25]
2010 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 Contestant [26]
2013 Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Arunasur [1]
2015–2016 Power Couple Contestant [27]
2016 CID: Karo Ya Maro Katori Damta
Bigg Boss 10 Contestant [28]
2017 Dil Boley Oberoi Kali Thakur [29]
2021 The Empire Wazir khan
2023 Adhura Officer Bedi

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017–2018 The Test Case Naib Subedar Kirpal Bhatti [30]
2020 Who's Your Daddy?? Prem Singh [31]
Poison 2 Sikander Malik [32]
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

References

  1. 1 2 "Rahul Dev to play a villain on Devon Ke Dev Mahadev". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rahul Dev says he did Bigg Boss 10". Indiatoday. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rahul Dev: Took up 'Bigg Boss' to support my son's education". The Times of India . 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bigg Boss 10: Rahul Dev EVICTED!". 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Singh, Nanki (5 August 2014). "I am from this (Punjabi) soil: Mukul Dev". Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rahul Dev and Mukul Dev's father dies at 91, Shah Rukh Khan, Manoj Bajpayee pay tribute". Hindustan Times. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rahul Dev's father, Hari Dev, passes away at 91". Mid-day. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Playing a Pashtun lord". Tribune India . 3 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Basu, Arundhati (1 October 2005). "Ties that bind". Telegraph India . Archived from the original on 9 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Kaushik, Divya (21 December 2024). "90s was a glorious time for male models: Rahul Dev". Times of India .
  11. ↑ "'Dulhin Chahi Pakistan Se 2': Rahul Dev to star in the Bhojpuri film". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Rahul Dev's look in 'Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev". The Times of India. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dinesh Hingoo Movies, News, Songs, Images, Interviews". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Kamal Haasan to Tom Cruise: Here are 10 famous single proud daddies". MyNation. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Rahul Dev on 14-year age gap with Mugdha Godse: 'My parents had an age gap of 10 years too'". Hindustan Times. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Champion Review 3/5 | Champion Movie Review | Champion 2000 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama . December 2000. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  17. ↑ Aashiq (2001) - Sanjeev Darshan, archived from the original on 20 August 2021, retrieved 20 August 2021
  18. ↑ Indian (2001) - Anand Raj Anand, archived from the original on 20 August 2021, retrieved 20 August 2021
  19. ↑ Narasimha (2001) - Mani Sharma, archived from the original on 20 August 2021, retrieved 20 August 2021
  20. ↑ "Takkari Donga Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, archived from the original on 20 August 2021, retrieved 20 August 2021
  21. ↑ "Chalo Ishq Ladaaye - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "'Rocky' teaser: Ahmed Khan's upcoming Marathi film is high on action". The Times of India. 14 December 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  23. ↑ "Rahul Dev To Be Seen In A Whole New Avatar In Operation Parindey". Mid-Day. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  24. ↑ "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'". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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  26. ↑ "Looking at the 12 Khiladis of Fear Factor". Rediff. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  27. ↑ "Power Couple is all about love: Mugdha Godse". 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  28. ↑ "Bigg Boss 10". Colors TV. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  29. ↑ "ISHQBAAZ: Rahul Dev's role REVEALED in Dil Bole Oberoi and he is NOT Anika's Father". 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  30. ↑ "Rahul Dev about The Test Case: Women are equally strong for combat roles". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  31. ↑ "AltBalaji And Zee5 To Launch A New Show 'Who's Your Daddy' Starring Rahul Dev". mumbailive. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  32. ↑ "Poison 2 (Zee5) Web Series Watch Online, Cast, Trailer, Release Date". Bollywood News 23. 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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