Mukul Dev

Mukul Dev (born 17 September 1970^[1]) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his work in Hindi films, Punjabi films, TV serials and music albums. He has also acted in few Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films.^[2] He received the 7th Amrish Puri Award, for excellence in acting for his role in Yamla Pagla Deewana.^[3]

Mukul Dev
Dev at a show
Born	Mukul Dev Kaushal (1970-09-17) 17 September 1970 (age 54) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996 – present
Known for	Dastak
Relatives	Rahul Dev (brother)

Early life

Mukul Dev was born in New Delhi into a Punjabi family with roots in a village near Jalandhar.^[4] Growing up in Delhi, in an interview he told how he was exposed to Afghan culture through his father, who could speak Pashto and Persian.^[5] His father Hari Dev, an assistant commissioner of police, died in 2019 at the age of 91.^[6]

An early exposure to the world of entertainment was when in class 8 he won his first pay cheque when he impersonated Michael Jackson for a dance show organized by Doordarshan.^[7]

He a trained pilot from the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi.^[8]

Career

Television

Mukul Dev made his acting debut on TV through a serial Mumkin playing the role of Vijay Pandey in 1996.^[9] He also acted in Doordarshan's Ek Se Badh Kar Ek, a comedy Bollywood countdown show.

He was also the host of Fear Factor India Season 1.^[10]

Films

He was spotted by Amitabh Bachchan's company ABCL and got a role for a movie titled Naam Kya Hai but it got shelved.^[7] He made his film debut in 1996 with Dastak as ACP Rohit Malhotra in the same movie which also introduced crowned Miss Universe Sushmita Sen. He appeared in several films such as Qila (1998), Wajood (1998), Kohram (1999) and Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001). He acted in several television serials in the 2000s such as Kahin Diyaa Jale Kahin Jiyaa (2001), Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2003), Pyar Zindagi Hai (2003) and participated in a dance competition show Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar (2008). In recent years he has played supporting roles in films like Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), Son of Sardaar (2012), R... Rajkumar (2013) and Jai Ho (2014).

Filmography

Film

List of Mukul Dev film credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1996	Dastak	ACP Rohit Malhotra	Hindi
	Mumkin	Vijay Pandey
1998	Wajood	Inspector Nihal Joshi
	Iski Topi Uske Sarr	Raj
	Himmatwala	Suraj
	Qila	Amar A. Singh
	Mere Do Anmol Ratan	Surinder (Suren)
	Sar Aakhon Par	Himself[11]
1999	Kohram	Monty
2001	Ittefaq	Vikram Singh
	Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao	Monty
	Guru Mahaaguru	Ajay
2003	Hawayein		Punjabi
2005	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena	Bhatia	Hindi
2006	Chor Mandli	Hero
2007	Just Married	Shoib Mirza
2008	De Taali	Sunil
	Krishna	Jakka	Telugu
2009	Rajani	Jakka	Kannada
	Ek Niranjan	Kailash	Telugu
	Sidham	Bilal
2010	Kedi	Human Bomb
	Adhurs	Rasool
2011	Bejawada	Vijay Krishna
	Abhisandhi		Bengali
	Money Money, More Money	Abbas	Telugu
	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Gurmeet 'Billa' Singh Brar	Hindi	Won—7th Amrish Puri Award, for excellence in acting[12]
2012	Burrraahh	Gurpartap Singh Nazi	Punjabi
	Son of Sardaar	Tony Sandhu	Hindi
	Awara	Tony Bharadwaj	Bengali
	Chaar Din Ki Chandni	Udaybhan	Hindi
	Nippu	Shankar Khakha	Telugu
2013	R... Rajkumar	Qamar Ali	Hindi
	Bhai	Anthony	Telugu
	Heer and Hero	Inspector Zaildar	Punjabi
	War Chhod Na Yaar	Afghani Ghuspetia	Hindi
2014	Creature 3D	Professor Sadana
	Bachchan	Underworld King Master	Bengali
	Baaz	Darbara	Punjabi
	Jal		Hindi
	Jai Ho	Shreekanth Paatil
2015	Meeruthiya Gangsters	R.K. Singh
	Bhaag Johny	ACP Pathan
	Shareek	Dara Brar	Punjabi	Won—PTC Punjabi Film Award for best actor in a negative role[citation needed]
	Ishq Vich: You Never Know[13]
	Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi'	Jeet
2016	Saka - The Martyrs of Nankana Sahib	Sardar Kartar Singh Jhabbar
	Nagarahavu	Cameo	Kannada
	Zorawar	Samarjeet Singh	Punjabi
2016	Jora 10 Numbaria	Shera		Directed by Amardeep Singh Gill
2018	Pagalpanti	Inspector Ram Sharma	Gujarati
	Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle	Arru Bhai	Hindi
	My Story	Sunil	Malayalam
	Sultan: The Saviour	Dinesh Roy / Sarkaar	Bengali
	Nirdosh	Rana	Hindi
	Omerta			Writer[14]
2019	Daaka	Inspector Kuldeep Singh	Punjabi
	Saak	Karam Singh's friend
	Barefoot Warriors	Daman Singh	English
	Munda Faridkotia	Darvesh	Punjabi
	Sarabha: Cry for Freedom	Harnam Singh Tundilat		Also in English and Hindi
	3rd Eye	Malik	Hindi
2022	Anth The End

Television

List of Mukul Dev television credits

Year	Serial	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000–2003	Gharwali Uparwali	Ravi		[15]
2002	Hare Kanch Ki Chudian	Amar	Telefilm
2002	Ek Tukdaa Chaand Ka	Akash Kapoor
2002	Kahin Diyaa Jale Kahin Jiyaa	Rohit Rajvansh		[16]
2003	Kutumb	Abhijat Desai
2003–2004	Gharwali Uparwali Aur Sunny	Ravi		[17]
2004	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat - Kab Kaisey Kahan	Himanshu	One episode
	Bhabhi	Tilak Chopra		[17]
2004–2006	K. Street Pali Hill	Arindam Keshav
2005	Kasshish	Aman
2006	Fear Factor India	Host		[17]
	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Waaris	Kunwar Virendra Pratap Singh	One episode	[17]
2008	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Pulkit
	Arslaan	Zakfaar		[18]
	Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar	Himself	Winner	[19]
2009	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Thakur Ki Dulhan	Thakur Virendra Pratap Singh
2018	21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897	Gul Badshah	Won—Indian Telly Award - Best Actor in a Negative Role (Jury) (2019)	[19]

Web series

List of Mukul Dev web series credits

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2020	State Of Siege: 26/11	Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi	ZEE5	[20][21][22]

Dubbing roles

Live action films

List of Mukul Dev film live action dubbing credits

Title	Actor(s)	Character(s)	Dubbed Language	Original Language	Original year release	Dubbed year release	Notes
Black Panther	Andy Serkis	Ulysses Klaue	Hindi	English	2018	2018	Pawan Shukla dubbed this character in Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain Marvel	Jude Law	Yon-Rogg	Hindi	English	2019	2019