Dev (actor)

Dev
Dev at a special screening of Buno Haansh in Mumbai.
Native name	দীপক অধিকারী
Born	Deepak Adhikari (1982-12-25) 25 December 1982 (age 34) Mahisha, West Bengal, India
Residence	Kolkata, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Raju, Dev
Occupation	Actor Screen Writer Member of Parliament Politician
Years active	2005–present
Notable work	Paglu, Khokababu, Chander Pahar (film), Buno Haansh, Zulfiqar (film).
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress

Dev (Bengali: দেব) (born Deepak Adhikari on 25 December 1982) is an Indian film actor, producer, entertainer, singer and politician. He made his acting debut in the 2006 film Agnishapath. He is one of the highest paid actors in Bengali cinema.

Recently, Dev has been hosting a large Bengali dance reality shows, Dance Bangla Dance, which was earlier hosted Mithun Chakraborty. He is now also an honorable Member of Parliament of India from the Ghatal constituency, as a candidate from the party All India Trinamool Congress.

Dev was born in Mahisha, a small village near Keshpur, to Guru and Mousumi Adhikari. His nickname is Raju. He spent his childhood living with his maternal uncle in Chandrakona and his sister, Deepali. Later in his childhood, he moved to Mumbai and attended Purushottam High School in Bandra, and then Bharatiya Vidyapeeth University, in Pune, receiving a Diploma in Computer Engineering from the latter. After receiving his diploma, Dev returned to Mumbai and started his film career as an observer on the set of Abbas-Mustan's Taarzan: The Wonder Car. He also did an acting course at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Academy.

His first role as an actor was in the 2005 film Agnishapath, directed by Prabir Nandi, opposite Rachana Banerjee. The film did not perform well at the box office. By this point, the film I Love You, directed by Ravi Kinnagi, was in development at Shree Venkatesh Films. Dev met with the producers and gained the male lead role.