MUMBAI: Actor and model Mukul Dev passed away on 23rd May at the age of 54. The actor had made his mark with his acting skills in movies across multiple languages. The actor made his TV and movie debut in 1996, first with the TV series Mumkin and then with the movie, Dastak but did you know he was all set to make his movie debut with a different movie?
It was Amitabh Bachchan’s company ABCL that spotted him and gave him a role in ‘Naam Kya Hai’. However, this never made it to the surface as the movie got shelved. Mukul Dev’s debut movie, eventually, turned out to be ‘Dastak’ which also marked as the debut movie of Sushmita Sen.
In an old interview, Mukul Dev had given the credit to Jaya Bachchan for spotting him and giving him the chance to be the lead of the movie. Well, the movie that Mukul Dev was talking about was ‘Mere Do Anmol Ratan’ which was supposed to be his debut movie but eventually released in 1998.
After making his debut as ACP Rohit Malhotra in Dastak, where he appeared alongside Sushmita Sen, the actor made his presence with many more Hindi movies.
In 1998, Mukul Dev played pivotal roles in some movies.
Wajood
Mukul Dev played a lead role alongside Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit.
Iski Topi Uske Sarr
Mukul Dev played the lead role opposite Divya Dutta and Sharad Kapoor.
Qila
He played a pivotal role alongside Dilip Kumar and Rekha in the movie.
Mere Do Anmol Ratan
He starred alongside Arshad Warsi and Namrata Shirodkar in the movie.
When talking about some of his memorable Hindi movies, the list include:
Kohram
Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Nana Patekar, released in 1999
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
Starring Fardeen Khan, Feroz Khan, Kay Kay Menon and Koena Mitra. The movie was released in 2005.
Yamla Pagla Deewana
Starring Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, and Dharmendra, the movie released in 2011.
Son of Sardaar
Starring Ajay Devgn and Sonakshi Sinha, the movie released in 2012
R… Rajkumar
Starring Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, released in 2013.
War Chhod Na Yaar
Starring Sharman Joshi, Javed Jaffery and Soha Ali Khan, the movie released in 2013
Jai Ho
Starring Salman Khan, Tabu, Daisy Shah and Danny Denzongpa, the movie released in 2014.
Bhaag Johnny
Starring Kunal Khemu, Mandana Karimi and Zoa Morani, the movie released in 2015
Omerta
Starring Rajkummar Rao, the movie released in 2018.
He had also entered the OTT space with the ZEE5 series, State of Siege: 26/11 starring Arjun Bijlani, Jyoti Gauba, Vivek Dahiya and Tara Alisha Berry. And then again in the very much loved Amazon Prime series 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897, starring Mohit Raina.
While he was last seen in the 2022 Hindi movie, Anth: The End, the actor’s last screen presence will be in the Hindi movie Son of Sardaar 2 and in the Telugu movie Neelaveni.
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