Rahul Dev


Rahul Dev Kaushal is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Odia language films He also participated in Bigg Boss and was evicted on day 63.

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.
Rahul Dev and his younger brother, Mukul Dev, were born to Hari Dev, who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Hari Dev died on April 17, 2019 at the age of 91. Their Punjab-born father had exposed the brothers to Afghan culture and could himself speak both Pashto and Farsi.
Dev was educated at the St. Columba's School, Delhi.
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.
He also has a sister, Rashmi.

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

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.. 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.

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.

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, Siddhant. Dev has spoken about the experience of being a single father. As of 2020 he was in a relationship with model and actress Mugdha Godse.

Business ventures

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

Cricket

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

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000ChampionNaseer AhmedHindi
2001AashiqBaburaoHindi
2001AsokaBheemaHindi
2001IndianPratap SinhaHindi
2001NarasimhaRasool AkhtarTamil
2001Akasa VeedhiloTerroristTelugu
2002Takkari DongaShakaTelugu
2002Chalo Ishq LadaayeRajaHindi
200223 March 1931: ShaheedSukhdevHindi
2002Awara Paagal DeewanaVikrant PrasadHindi
2003ParasuramShankaran Kutti/AkashTamil
2003Kyon?Inspector Aditya SolankiHindi
2003SupariPapadHindi
200388 Antop HillIGP Arvind KhanvilkarHindi
2003SimhadriBala NairTelugu
2003FootpathShekhar SrivastavHindi
2003SeetayyaChandra NaiduTelugu
2004OmkaraKhaanKannada
2004AgnipankhVishalHindi
2004BardaashtCorrupt ACP Yeshwant ThakurHindi
2004Aan: Men at WorkBaba Yeda Pathan / Yeda BhaiHindi
2004AndhrawalaDhanrajTelugu
2004MassSeshu/ShatruTelugu
2004VidyardhiSalim IbrahimTelugu
2005InsanAzhar Khan/MunnaHindi
2005NarasimhuduJD's sonTelugu
2005AthaduSadhuTelugu
2005MazhaiDevaTamil
2005Allari PiduguJ. K.Telugu
2005Jai ChiranjeevaAsgharTelugu
2006Fight Club – Members OnlySandyHindi
2006AsthramKarimTelugu
2006Jaane Hoga Kya?Special Investigations Officer RathoreHindi
2006Kachchi SadakJaved AliHindi
2006Iqraar by ChanceSikkaHindi
2006ChinnoduSri SailamTelugu
2006Seetha RaamuduRamuluTelugu
2006Sarhad PaarBakatawarHindi
2006PournamiVeerabhadraTelugu
2006ShreeShettyKannada
2007MahanayakRanjitOdia
2007SoundaryaPrakashKannada
2007OkkadunnaduSona Bhai's nephewTelugu
2007MuniMastan BhaiTamil
2007MunnaAatmaTelugu
2007Cape KarmaManavHindi
2007TulasiBasavarajuTelugu
2008DRajHindi
2008BindaasDKannada
2008JimmyACP Rajeshwar VyasHindi
2008BombaatDasKannada
2008ArasangamChandruTamil
2008MukhbiirSaayaHindi
2008BankTelugu
2008Sankat CitySuleman SupariHindi
2008KidnapIrfanHindi
2008U Me Aur HumJeetuHindi
2009Shatru SangharRahulOdia
2009MestriTelugu
2009Premi No. 1RanjitOdia
2009Aa Dekhen ZaraCaptainHindi
2009Kal Kissne DekhaMarshalHindi
2009Sweet HeartTelugu
2009Sagar Alias Jackie ReloadedSheikh Imran Malayalam
2009YodhaKannada
2009AadhavanAbdul KulkarniTamil
2009BlueGulshan SamnaniHindi
2010ShaapitProf. PashupathyHindi
2011Run Bhola RunHindi
2011VeeraDhanrajTelugu
2011DhadaR.D.Telugu
2011DhartiNatchaar SinghPunjabi
2012Mirza The Untold StoryJeetPunjabi
2012LovelyDavidTelugu
2012DhammuPolice OfficerTelugu
2013ShadowJeevaTelugu
2013NaayakBabjiTelugu
2013SringaravelanVikramMalayalam
2013BhaiBhavaniTelugu
2013RangbaazLucky VaiBengali
2014YevaduVeeru BhaiTelugu
2014Jaihind 2Tamil/Telugu
2014AbhimanyuKannada
2014LoukyamSathyaTelugu
2015Ek Paheli LeelaBhairavHindi
2015Lailaa O LailaaVictor RanaMalayalam
201510 EndrathukullaDaksha BhaiTamil
2015RajadhiRajaJohn TigerMalayalam
2015VedalamRahulTamil
2016ShikariDevBengali
2016Okka Ammayi ThappaAslam BhaiTelugu
2016DishoomAltaafHindi
2017SathyaDon DavidMalayalam
2017EMalayalam
2017MubarakanAkalpreet SandhuHindi
2017I'm Not a TerroristMustaffaMalayalam/Hindi
2018InttelligentVicky BhaiTelugu
201822 DaysHindi
2018Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2Bhojpuri
2018PadayottamSamadMalayalam
2019RockyMarathiMarathi film
2019PagalpantiSmuggler KazaamGujarati
2020Operation ParindeyMonty SinghHindiReleased on ZEE5
2020TorbaazQazarHindiReleased on Netflix
2021RanamKannada
2021Raat Baaki HaiRajesh AhlawatHindiReleased on ZEE5
2021Arjun GowdaKannada
2022BikkhovMalik PradhanBengaliBangladeshi film
2022The LegendMember of VJ's pharmaceutical mafiaTamil
2023GaslightSP Ashok TanwarHindiReleased on Hotstar
20231920: Horrors of the HeartShantanuHindi
2023Kill HimAnna SethBengali
2023Mastaney
R.A.M		Nader ShahPunjabi
Odia & Bengali Bilingual Movie
2024Shivrayancha ChhavaKakar KhanMarathi
2024The Miranda BrothersMorochoHindi
2024NaamVikramHindi
2024DardVasu Rao Surve "V.R.S Bhai"Hindi/BengaliBilingual film
2025Good Bad UglyConvictTamil
2025JackAta-ur-RahmanTelugu
2026IkkisLieutenant colonel Hanut SinghHindi-
2026Hindi
2026Hindi