Dev Ramnath

Swaminath Raamanathan, better known as Dev Ramnath, is an Indian actor and content producer, who appears in Tamil films. He was earlier credited as Abhinav^[1][2] until 2019, when he adopted his new name.

Dev Ramnath
Born	Swaminath Raamanathan Chennai
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013 – present
Organization	Madboys Creatives
Known for	Happy to be single – First South Indian Web series, Vellai Pookal

Career

His first film was Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013) as a college boy proposing to Manisha Yadav but the scenes didn't make the final cut.^[1] He made his debut playing Nazriya Nazim's love interest in director Balaji Mohan's 2014 bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (Tamil)/Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram (Malayalam). In 2016, he played the character of Mukundan in Nelson Venkatesan's critically acclaimed Oru Naal Koothu (2016).^[3]

His first role as a central character was in the Tamil crime thriller Vellai Pookal (2019).^[4][5] He played the role of Ajay, a software engineer working in Microsoft and son of retired cop Rudhran (played by Vivek). The film was shot entirely in Seattle and released in April 2019 to highly positive reviews from critiques and audiences alike. His performance was well received with India Glitz^[5] terming it “perfect as the typical Indian techie" and The New Indian Express^[6] calling his performance "relatable and realistic".

He also produces content and commercials (web series, television commercials, digital brand films) under his production company Madboys Creatives.^[7] He produced and acted in South India's first web series, Happy to be Single,^[8][9] distributed by Sony Music India with Anirudh Ravichander launching it.

Filmography

• All films/web series are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref.
2013	Happy to be Single	Uday	South India's first web series	[8][9]
2020	PubGoa	Varun
2021	I Hate You - I Love You	Multiple roles
2023	Sweet Kaaram Coffee	Karthik

Movies

Year	Title	Role(s)	Note(s)	Ref.
2014	Vaayai Moodi Pesavum	Vinod	Bilingual in Malayalam as Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram
2016	Oru Naal Koothu	Mukundan		[3]
2019	Vellai Pookal	Ajay		[4][5]
2020	Mamakiki	Kishore	Zee5 Original Movie
2024	Por	Arjun		[10]
2024	Pechi	Charan		[11]

References

1. "An exclusive interview with Vaayai Moodi Pesavum actor Abhinav". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
2. "Abhinav gets lucky the first time". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. "Oru Naal Koothu review. Oru Naal Koothu Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
4. "Review : Vellai Pookal Review: A neatly made whodunit thriller (2019)". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
5. "Vellai Pookal review. Vellai Pookal Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
6. "'Vellai Pookal' review: Make way for the Tamil Sherlock Holmes". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
7. "Madboys – Creatives". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
8. "Shreekarthick and Swami – Interview". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
9. "Happy to be single". Archived from the original on 3 July 2018.
10. "It was great experience to work with Bejoy Nambiar, says Dev". The Times of India. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
11. "First look poster of Pechi unveiled". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

External links

• Dev Ramnath at IMDb
• Dev on Times of India
• Galatta Tamil interview – Rejected offer from Big Boss 1 Tamil