Dev (born Swaminath Raamanathan) is an Indian actor and content producer, who appears in

Tamil films Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...

. He was earlier credited as Abhinav until 2019, when he adopted his new name.

Career

He made his debut playing Nazriya Nazim's love interest in director Balaji Mohan's 2014 bilingual ''

Vaayai Moodi Pesavum ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language satire (film and television), satirical romantic comedy film directed by Balaji Mohan. Produced by Varun Manian and S. Sashikanth under their respective production hous ...

'' (Tamil)/''

Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language satirical romantic comedy film directed by Balaji Mohan. Produced by Varun Manian and S. Sashikanth under their respective production houses, Radiance Media Group and YNOT Studios, ...

'' (Malayalam). In 2016, he played the character of Mukundan in Nelson Venkatesan's critically acclaimed ''

Oru Naal Koothu ''Oru Naal Koothu'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Nelson Venkatesan and produced by J. Selva Kumar, featuring Dinesh, Miya, Nivetha Pethuraj, Abhinav, and Riythvika in lead roles. Lingesh, Karunakar ...

'' (2016). His first role as a central character was in the Tamil crime thriller ''

Vellai Pookal ''Vellai Pookal'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil language neo-noir crime thriller film directed by newcomer Vivek Elangovan. The film stars Vivek (actor), Vivekh, Charle, Pooja Devariya, Dev (Tamil actor), Dev and Paige Henderson, and is produced by ...

'' (2019). He played the role of Ajay, a software engineer working in Microsoft and son of retired cop Rudhran (played by

Vivek Vivek (or Bibek/Bivek in some regions) (विवेक in Devanagari script) is a masculine given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It is of Sanskrit origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refe ...

). 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 terming it “perfect as the typical Indian techie" and The New Indian Express 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. He produced and acted in South India's first

web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single i ...

, ''Happy to be Single'', distributed by

Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be 100% foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporatio ...

with

Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known Mononymous person, mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film scorer music composer music producer singer and instrumentalist who primarily works in Tamil films. He is the son of actor Ra ...

launching it.

Filmography

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

Web Series

Movies

References

External links

* {{IMDb name, 10622427
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