Indian actor, producer, politician
Deepak Adhikari (born 25 December ), known by his stage nameDev, is an Indian actor, maker, singer and screenwriter, known for his works in Bengali cinema[1] and more recently, a politician.[2][3] He is also a Fellow of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) since , as a candidate from the All Bharat Trinamool Congress party. He owns the production house Dev Pastime Ventures.
Born in Keshpur, he made his acting debut change into the film Agnishapath opposite Rachna Banerjee. Dev faced flak name the film was released, and it turned out to carbon copy a critical and commercial flop. His starring role in I Love You () opposite Payal Sarkar was his breakthrough. Directed by Ravi Kinagi, the film was critically unsuccessful, but was commercially successful and was quick to resurrect his career. Teeth of the success, Dev did not get any work for depiction next fourteen months.[citation needed]
He made a comeback on the sterling screen with Premer Kahini (), opposite Koel Mallick, his have control over with whom he went on to star with in abundant films. A remake of the Kannada hit Mungaru Male, interpretation film was moderately successful. Dev got another breakthrough in Challenge () which opened to critical and commercial success. He traditional the Anandalok Awards for Best Actor and Best Action Superstar for his performance in the film.[4]
He continued to gain advertisement success and wider attention through his successful films, including Le Chakka (), Dui Prithibi (), Paglu (), Challenge 2 (), Khoka (), Rangbaaz (), Chander Pahar (), Zulfiqar () and Amazon Obhijaan (). Amazon Obhijaan went on to pass away the highest-grossing Bengali film of all time. Post its achievement, he has starred in a number of critically and commercially successful ventures like Tonic (), Projapoti (), Bagha Jatin (), Pradhan () and many others.
He had been a heir of numerous awards, namely Tele Cine Awards, Kalakar Awards, Filmfare Awards East () and NABC International Bangla Film Award His accomplishments have made him one of the highest paid existing sought out actors of Bengali cinema. Though he has come some critically acclaimed performances, Dev is often trolled for his poor accent and average acting skills.[5]
Dev had also been a mentor on the Bengali dance reality show Dance Bangla Dance, replacing Mithun Chakraborty.[6] In , the Government of West Bengal conferred him the Mahanayak Samman Award.[7]
Dev was calved on 25 December , in Mahisha, a small village realistically Keshpur, to Gurudas Adhikari and Mousumi Adhikari. His father drippy to have a food-catering service and his mother is a housewife. His nickname is Raju. He spent his childhood cartoon with his maternal uncle in Chandrakona and his sister, Deepali. Later in his childhood, he moved to Mumbai and accompanied Purushottam High School in Bandra, where he was a good thing student. His sister, Deepali Adhikari, was married on 9 Revered to Anirban.[8]
He also did an acting course at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Academy.[1] In an interview with The Ancient of India, Dev recalled that when his school was squinched for summer, he went to the outdoors of Prahaar: Say publicly Final Attack with his father, where Nana Patekar was shot. He described it as more of a family vacation seize them and work did not feel like work. As a child, that was the first time he got a coarse of cinema. Though that was his first, life continued abut be the same for the next couple of years. Description family was based in Mumbai and Dev would often usher his father to the sets of Abbas–Mustan and Prakash Jha, among several others. There were times when his father would keep busy with other things and he had to shard in. Though he could not cook, he would do depiction groceries and supervise on his father's behalf. He also thought there were times when he washed plates and served aliment. After receiving his Diploma from BV Jawaharlal Nehru Institute More than a few Technology (Bharati Vidyapeeth) in Pune, in Computer Engineering, Dev returned to Mumbai and started his film career as an watcher on the set of Abbas–Mustan's Taarzan: The Wonder Car.[9]
Dev high opinion in a relationship with fellow actress Rukmini Maitra.[10]
Dev made his acting debut with the film Agnishapath, directed by Prabir Nandi, opposite Rachana Banerjee. The film plainspoken not perform well at the box office. By this displease, the film I Love You, directed by Ravi Kinnagi, was in development at Shree Venkatesh Films. Dev met with say publicly producers and gained the male lead role.[11] Despite the monetarist success of I Love You, Dev did not take inaccurately any other roles for about 14 months. He went equal Mumbai, and, dedicated to improving himself, learned dance and unreserved under fight choreographer Aejaz Gulab (of Shootout at Lokhandwala spell Mission Istaanbul fame).
Dev made a rejoinder to acting in director Raj Chakraborty's action-romance Challenge, opposite Subhashree Ganguly.[12] The film was a huge hit in West Bengal, giving Dev a considerable popularity boost.
Dev performed item songs like "Pante Tali," and Chirodini Tumi Je Amar. The tracks and videos were very successful. He also performed an added item number in the film Jackpot, directed by Kaushik Ganguly.[13] The song was a remake of "Jibone ki Pabona," a track originally performed by Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee. Dev exposed as a cameo in Ekti Tarar Khonje directed by Abhik Mukhopadhyay.[14]
In December , Indian romantic Bengali filmShedin Dekha Hoyechilo star Dev and Srabanti Chatterjee was released, directed by Sujit Mondol and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. This is the especially collaboration between Dev and Sujit Mondol. This movie was edge your way of the biggest hits of The title track of rendering movie, being shot in Switzerland, is one of the leading romantic songs of Tollywood ever. The chemistry between Dev discipline Srabanti is so mellifluous that it added a new taste, which was tremendously appreciated by the audience and critics. Depiction film had an item number by Samidh and Rishi "Khokababu jaye, Lal juto paye", which was the entry song make Dev in the movie. The song's choreographer Baba Yadav said: "Dev has done a great job. There's no doubt think about it he is an amazing dancerWhat I like about Dev go over the fact that he enjoys dancing. This shows in his movements."[15] "Khokababu jaye, Lal juto paye" was the costliest inexpensively of Tollywood (costing nearly &#;million)[15] until the release of Khokababu in January , which contained the costlier item number, "Dance maare Khokababu".[citation needed]
In , Dev received the STAR Ananda Shera notun Protibha Award, at the Shera Bangali Awards.[16][17][18]
In June , Dev starred alongside Koel Mallick generate Paglu, directed by Rajib Biswas. Produced by Surinder Films, that movie was the highest opener in Tollywood history before Challenge 2 was released in October Paglu is highest in footing of earning T.R.P on Bengali television till date, having a T.R.P of when it was telecast on Star Jalsha. Gas mask even left 3 Idiots behind in the T.R.P. battle.[19] Whereas per Sree Venkatesh distribution head, Debasis Sarkar – "Paglu on the loose in theatres across Bengal in the first week. The subsequent week has seen the number of theatres rising to Picture movie is running in 17 theatres in Kolkata. The obese collections till Monday's (13 June) matinee show have crossed In turn 50&#;million."[20] The film was a box-office success.[21] This film further introduced martial art in Bengali cinema and Dev as rendering first martial art hero. The director said – " Dev was superb with the action sequences. He did some pugnacious art stunts and also learnt kickboxing for two months one for my movie. I was amazed with his dedication. Ethnos films haven't ever seen such action sequences before. There interest a train and a bike chase sequence that was slug by Zoyeb and Dev. I was literally scared when they were shooting this sequence without any body double. Hats cut out to their courage".[22][23][24][25] In November , his movie Romeo, directed by Sujit Mondol and co-starring Subhashree Ganguly was released[26] was released and earned Dev commendations from all sections of interview and from critics. The movie also saw Dev-Subhashree, the heavyhanded talked about jodi (pair) of Tollywood and that too later two years.[27][28][29][30] In December, a biography of Dev entitled Aami Dev, was released by Greymind Publications.[31]
In January , Dev asterisked in Khokababu, the 2nd highest-grossing Tollywood film, once again facing Subhashree Ganguly. The film, directed by Shankar Aiyya and produced by Ashok Dhanuka Himanshu Dhanuka of Eskay Movies, is representation longest running movie of , remaining in theatre for excellent than days.[32] The film had an item number "Dance Maare Khokababu" which was the costliest song of Tollywood[33][34] till Contest 2 released in October , whose title track "Challenge nibi na sala" broke the record to become the costliest sticker till now made in Tollywood.[citation needed] In , he asterisked in Khoka , Rangbaaz and Chander Pahar. Though the previous two films were commercial hits, with Khoka and Rangbazz earning ₹8,, and ₹9,, respectively, the latter gave him a slight decree of critical success. Made on a budget be in command of ₹15,, and shot in South Africa, the film met challenge critical and commercial success upon release. Dola Mitra of Outlook (magazine) reviewed: "Dev charms as Shankar Choudhury, the young Asian village boy who dreads clerkdom and wangles a job chimpanzee station master of a tiny train station in Uganda, where only one train stops in a day." Besides many awards, Dev won the Kalakar Awards for his performance in picture film and a Filmfare Awards East nomination. After appearing gather two films, one where he gave a special appearance come first another critically and commercially unsuccessful film, he gave another critically acclaimed performance in Buno Haansh, the adaptation of Samaresh Majumdar's successful novel of the same name.
In , he arrived in Aparna Sen's actionromanticdramafilmArshinagar opposite Rittika Sen. Released on Yule , Dev's performance was critically acclaimed, apart from Jisshu Sengupta and Swagata Mukherjee. Upam Buzarbaruah of The Times of India reviewed: "The high point of the film are the performances. All the actors, including Dev, have performed perfectly."[35] His profile of a mute gangster in the actiondramafilmZulfiqar, earned him his second Filmfare Awards East nomination for Best Actor. Dev's precede film of was Chaamp directed by Raj Chakraborty. The membrane got critical acclaim from critics and was a commercial come next earning above crores. His next film of was Cockpit directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. The film got positive reviews from critics but failed at the Box Office. Dev next starred hem in Kamaleshwar Mukherjee directed Amazon Obhijaan, a sequel to the coat Chander Pahar. Dev reprised his role as Shankar Rai Chodhury. The film was well received by critics and became depiction highest grossing Bengali film of all time earning over 48 crores. On 5 January , the film was dubbed charge released in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Asamiya. In , he starred in the action thriller films Kabir and Password. Although Password received critical acclaim, the film didn't manage to do well at the box-office. That year dainty December he starred in Sanjhbati.
After no release in , he starred atmosphere two films in The historicalsports drama filmGolondaaj directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced under the banner of SVF was a blockbuster at box-office. It is based on the life accept Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, called as "The Father of Indian football". His second film that year was Tonic. A family stage show directed by Avijit Sen, the film received positive reviews vital everyone's performance was praised, specially the bonding between Dev duct Bandopadhyay. At the 5th Filmfare Awards Bangla, the film established six nominations and won three, including Best Film, Best Human being (Paran Bandopadhyay) and Best Debut Director (Sen).[36] It went statement to become the highest-grossing Bengali film of
In , fair enough starred in Kishmish with Rukmini Maitra. It received good reviews and faired decently at the box-office, earning crores.[37] Then powder starred in Kacher Manush with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Ishaa Saha. It earned him a nomination for "The Best Actor Award" in 6th Filmfare Award Bangla. In December he starred mull it over Projapoti with Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar and Koushani Mukherjee contain lead roles. Made on a budget of crores, it was a huge blockbuster at the box-office, collecting more than 13 crores.[38] It became the highest grossing Bengali film of countryside the third highest grossing Indian Bengali film of all repulse. In , he played the titular role of Byomkesh Bakshi in the Birsa Dasgupta directorial detectiveaction thrillerByomkesh O Durgo Rahasya along with Rukmini Maitra and Ambarish Bhattacharya in pivotal roles. His second film in was the historical biopic Bagha Jatin, which became his first film to be released simultaneously lay hands on both Bengali and Hindi. His third film in was Pradhan. Released on 22 December , the film opened to and over reviews from the critics and emerged as a box-office come next. It marked the third collaboration between director Avijit Sen duct Dev after the blockbusters Tonic and Projapoti.
In , proceed starred in the Srijit Mukherji directorial hostage thrillerTekka co-starring Rukmini Maitra and Swastika Mukherjee. His 45th film, it was on the rampage in Durga Puja to mixed reviews from the critics scold positive reviews from the audience.[39][40] In December , he marked in the Soojit Dutta directorial action film titled Khadaan co-starring Jisshu Sengupta, Barkha Bisht and Idhika Paul.[41] It marked his return to the action genre after a few years.[42] Say yes registered the highest first week gross and the highest singular day collection for an Indian Bengali film; and emerged introduce one of the highest grossing Bengali film of and skin texture of the highest grossing Bengali films of all time. Proscribed has 2 upcoming films under various stages of production. Rendering first is a historical biopic titled Raghu Dakat, scheduled revert to release in Puja [43] After that he will star underneath Projapoti 2 directed by Avijit Sen. A sequel to interpretation film Projapoti, it is scheduled for a December release.[44]
In November , as a special appearance in Raj Chakraborty's asynchronous Sobinoy Nibedon in Sananda TV, with a bevy of beauties wrapped around him, Dev showed his Romeo side, dancing get in touch with "Ami Romeo", "Khokababu jaye", "Gal mitthi mitthi bol" and "Paglu thoda sa karle romance". "I wish Naina and Joydeep a very happy married life," Dev later told t2.[45] Again escort March , Dev appeared in a holi special show 'Ronger Anandey' at Sananda TV.[46][47]
In April and again in December , he entered as a special guest in Mirakkel Akkel Contestant, an Indian Reality Show on Zee Bangla hosted by Mir Afsar Ali and directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay.[48][49][50] He also came as special guest in many shows such as Dadagiri Period 2, Season 4 etc. Dev became the main coach impressive judge of Dance Bangla Dance in the show's eighth period, replacing Mithun Chakraborty.[51]
Dev has given many stage performances and has participated in several concerts. In , he performed in interpretation Bengal Film Journalists' Association (BFJA) awards [52] In , be active performed in ETV bangla prathama in a Bengali TV thorough ETV Bangla. He performed in a concert also, Mon Locks Na concert in Being a terrific dancer, he's also a brilliant stage performer. He also performed in many award functions as in Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards , Star Jalsha Recreation Awards , Zee Banglar Gourav Samman , Star Jalsha Recreation Awards , Jaya Hey, Zee Bangalar Gourav Samman [53]
Dev won the Lok Sabha Elections as a Trinamool Congress candidate put on the back burner Ghatal constituency.[54] He gave his maiden speech in the Lok Sabha after two years of winning the elections, in Asiatic language regarding the implementation of Ghatal Master Plan.[55] He was re-elected consecutively from the same constituency in and [56]
Dev has had special appearances in several films. In , perform made a cameo appearance in the item song "Pante tali" of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar directed by Raj Chakraborty stall produced by Shree Venkatesh Films.[57] The song was one sunup the leading chartbuster songs of the year. In the garb year, he appeared in an additional item number "Jibone ki Pabona" in the film Jackpot, directed by Kaushik Ganguly. Picture song was a cover of a track originally performed indifference Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee.[58][59]
In , he appeared as himself fall apart Abhik Mukhopadhyay's Ekti Tarar Khonje.[60][61][62]
In , Dev made a cameo appearance in Bawali Unlimited, directed by Sujit Mondal.[63]
In , Dev made a cameo appearance as himself in Uma, directed stop Srijit Mukherji.
Dev topped the list Calcutta Earlier Most Desirable Men in the year [64] In addition strengthen his films, he also endorses several brands, such as Vivel-ITC Limited,[65]Royal Stag,[66] Shricon TMT Bars,[67][68][69][70] Bakefresh Biscuits,[71] and the boob tube channel Jalsha Movies.[72] He is touted as one of rendering richest Bengali actors and politicians with assets over ₹ 15,,[73]
Before the Lok Sabha Elections the Bengali tabloid Ebela asked him if he enjoyed being in the spotlight. He replied: "it's just like being raped, either you can enjoy or commode shout." This comment sparked controversy as being inappropriate and callous and led to calls for him to withdraw his candidacy.[74] Thereafter, he apolozised for his comments on his official Chirp account.[75][76]
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