Mukul Dev
Name: Mukul Dev
Trivia: Mukul Dev is a trained pilot and he received that training from the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi.
Biography: Mukul Dev is a well-known Indian actor known particularly for his music albums, television serials and Hindi films. Apart from Hindi films, he has also worked in the South Indian film industry. Mukul Dev is the son of a former Delhi police commissioner and was born into a Khatri Punjabi background. His brother Rahul Dev is an actor as well as a model. Mukul did hgis schooling from the prestigious St. Columba’s School situated in Delhi and he completed his Class 12 boards in the year 1988.
His very first acting project was in a television serial called ‘Mumkin’ where he enacted the role of a character called Vijay Pandey. He got his first major breakthrough in the year 1996 when he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt’s Indian feature film ‘Dastak’ starring Tiku Talsania, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Monoj Bajpai, Bhavna Datta, Sharad Kapoor and Sushmita Sen. Here he played the character of ACP Rohit Malhotra.
In 2011 Mukul Dev starred in Samir Karnik’s comedy drama, ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ starring Anupam Kher, Kulraj Randhawa, Bobby Deol, Dharmendra and Sunny Deol.
Mukul Dev has also appeared in a Punjabi film by Sagar S Sharma called ‘Heer and Hero’ starring Minissha Lamba, Preet Bhullar, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Arya Babbar. This film was released this year on the 18th of October.
One of his upcoming films is Prabhu Deva’s ‘R… Rajkumar’ which is a Bollywood action film written by Shiraz Ahmad. The primary roles in this film are played by Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Sonu Sood.This film will be hitting the theatre screens on December 6th, 2013. Another new project which he has signed for is a film called ‘Jai Ho’ directed by Sohail Khan and starring Salman Khan, Tabu, Sana Khan and Daisy Shah. Here Mukul Dev plays the role of an antagonist and this film will be released on the 24th of January, 2014.
His filmography includes ‘Mumkin’ (1996), ‘Dastan’ (1996), ‘Mere Do Anmol Ratan’ (1998), ‘Qila’ (1998), ‘Iske Topi Uske Sarr’ (1998), ‘Wajood’ (1998), ‘Kohram’ (1999), ‘Kahin Diyaa Jale Kahin Jiyaa’ (2001), ‘Guru Mahaaguru’ (2001), ‘Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao’ (2001), ‘Ittefaq’ (2001), ‘Hawayein’ (2003), ‘Gharwali Uparwali’ (2004), ‘K. Street Pali Hill’ (2004), ‘Ek KHiladi Ek Haseena’ (2005), ‘Sssshh… Phir Koi Hai’ (2006), ‘Chor Mandli’ (2006), ‘Just Married’ (2007), ‘Kumkum’ (2008), ‘Krishna’ (2008), ‘De Taali’ (2008), ‘Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar’ (2008), ‘Sidham’ (2009), ‘Ek Niranjan’ (2009), ‘Adhurs’ (2010), ‘Kedi’ (2010), ‘Yamla Pagla Deewna’ (2011), ‘Money Money, More Money’ (2011), ‘Abhisandhi’ (2011), ‘Bejawada’ (2011), ‘Nippu’ (2012), ‘Chaar Din Ki Chandni’ (2012), ‘Awara’ (2012), ‘Son of Sardaar’ (2012), ‘Burrraahh’ (2012), ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’ (2013), ‘Heer and Hero’ (2013), ‘T…Rajkumar’ (2013) and ‘Jai Ho’ (2014).