Dev Raturi

Dev Raturi, also known as De Fu, is an Indian actor and restaurateur based in China. He has appeared in many Chinese film and television productions and has opened a chain of restaurants across China. Raturi was awarded the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman in 2025.

Biography

Raturi was born in 1976 in Kemriya Saur village, in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. He sought to emulate Bruce Lee, whom he admired. To pursue his acting interest, he auditioned for a role in a TV serial in 1998, directed by Puneet Issar, but could not succeed.
In 2005, he got a job at an Indian restaurant in China. Raturi opened Red Fort, his first restaurant in Xi'an, China, in 2013. By 2015, he owned two restaurants and in the same year, entered the entertainment industry with a minor part as an Indian character in the Chinese television series SWAT. By 2022, Raturi had performed in over 20 Chinese television dramas and films. The parts were largely minor characters though the strong reception of the 2020 television series My Roommate Is a Detective elevated his profile. By 2025, he had started 11 Indian restaurants throughout China. Raturi received the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman, one of the two highest civilian awards of the State of Uttarakhand, in 2025.