Swaminath Raamanathan, better known as Dev Ramnath or simply Dev, is an Indian actor and content producer, who appears in

Tamil films Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Chenn ...

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

Career

His first film was ''

Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer ''Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Suseenthiran. It features debutant Santhosh Ramesh (Singanamala Ramesh Babu's second son) and Manisha Yadav of '' Vazhakku Enn 18/9'' fame in the lead ...

'' (2013) as a college boy proposing to Manisha Yadav but the scenes didn't make the final cut. 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 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, the film stars D ...

'' (Tamil)/''

Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' () is a 2014 Indian 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, the film stars ...

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

Oru Naal Koothu ''Oru Naal Koothu'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romance film, romantic comedy drama film directed by Nelson Venkatesan written by Sankardass and Nelson Venkatesan and produced by J. Selva Kumar, featuring Dinesh Ravi, Dinesh, Miya (actress ...

'' (2016). His first role as a central character was in the Tamil crime thriller '' Vellai Pookal'' (2019). He played the role of Ajay, a software engineer working in Microsoft and son of retired cop Rudhran (played by Vivek). The film was shot entirely in Seattle and released in April 2019 to positive reviews from critiques and audiences alike. His performance was well received with ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...

'' 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 alongside Shree Karthick. He produced and acted in the

web series A web series (also known as webseries, short-form series, and web show) is a series of short scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet (i.e. World Wide Web), which first emerged in the late 1 ...

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

Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian music record label operated by Sony and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company began operations in 1997 and was the first record company in India to be fully foreign-owned, with ...

with

Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also credited mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian composer and playback singer who works primarily in Tamil cinema, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South, ten ...

launching it.

Filmography

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

Films

Web series

References

External links

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