Dev Mohan is an Indian actor and model who works in

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and

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films. After making his debut in the Malayalam film ''

Sufiyum Sujatayum ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'' () is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film. It is written and directed by Naranipuzha Shanavas, and produced by Vijay Babu under his production company Friday Film House. It stars Jayasurya in the lead rol ...

'' (2020), he expanded to Telugu cinema with '' Shaakuntalam'' (2023). He won

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for the former film.

Early and personal life

Dev Mohan was born on 18 September 1992 in

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

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. He did his schooling from Technical High School,

. After studying

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from

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, he started his modelling career. In 2016, he participated in the Peter England Mr. India 2016 pageant conducted in

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and was a finalist in it. In 2020 he married his long time girlfriend Rajina.

Career

In 2020 Dev Mohan appeared in the title role Sufi, in the film ''

'' which was released on

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. He was selected for the role through an audition conducted by the crew. After the audition he went on two year preparation for the role learning Arabic and Sufi dance. It took about nine months to perfect the

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. He was praised for his performance in the film. Lohesh Balachandran of ''India Today'' wrote that, "Credit of the film goes to both the director and the lead actors, Dev Mohan and

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, who slip into their roles with elan." He got recognition from this film. After that he did another Malayalam film ''Pulli''. In 2021, he was selected to play

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in the Telugu film '' Shaakuntalam'' opposite

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. In 2022, he appeared in the Malayalam film '' Panthrandu'' which was his first movie to have a theatrical release. Regarding his role, a critic noted that "Dev Mohan, looks good in this action thriller, but doesn't strike the chord he did in his debut romantic role in Sufiyum Sujathayum".

Filmography

Films

Short films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohan, Dev Living people 1992 births Male actors from Kerala Indian male models 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Malayalam cinema Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors from Thrissur South Indian International Movie Awards winners Beauty pageant contestants from Thrissur