Gulshan Devaiah

Gulshan Devaiah

Devaiah at the success bash of Hate Story, 2012
Native name ಗುಲ್ಶನ್ ದೇವಯ್ಯ
Born Kambeyanda Devaiah Gulshan
(1978-05-28) 28 May 1978[1]
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 2010 — present
Notable work Mandar Ponskhe in Hunterrr[2]
KC in Shaitan
Siddharth Dhanrajgir in Hate Story
Spouse(s) Kallirroi Tziafeta[3]

Gulshan Devaiah is an Indian film actor who appears primarily in Bollywood films.[4] Devaiah is mostly known for his roles in Shaitan, Hate Story and Hunterrr.[5][6] His performamce in Shaitan was critically praised and earned him Filmfare Awards nomination in the category of Best Male Debut and Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Personal life

Devaiah is from Bengaluru and is a NIFT graduate.[7] He is married to the actress Kallirroi Tziafeta, who hails from Greece.[3][8]

Career

Gulshan Devaiah and Kalki Koechlin smiles for the camera
Devaiah with Kalki Koechlin at the 59th Filmfare Awards ceremony in 2016

Devaiah started his career from the Anurag Kashyap's short film That Girl in Yellow Boots, along-side Kalki Koechlin and Naseeruddin Shah in 2010, as his debut movie. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by the Venice Film Festival.[9] He played the role of Chitiappa in the film. Next in 2011, he appeared in Rohan Sippy's crime thriller Dum Maaro Dum, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar, where he played the role of Ricky, the film was an above average grosser at the box office. In the same year, Devaiah appeared in Bejoy Nambiar's hindi thriller film Shaitan, multi-starring Rajeev Khandelwal and Kalki Koechlin, where he portrayed the role of Karan Chaudhary "KC". Released in 10 June 2011,[10] the film was a critical and commercial success, where Devaiah's performance was acclaimed. He was nominated for the several awards including, Filmfare Awards, Screen Awards, Stardust Awards and Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards in the category of Best Male Debut and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with other ensemble characters.

In 2012, Devaiah appeared in Vivek Agnihotri's erotic thriller Hate Story, produced by Vikram Bhatt, co-starring Paoli Dam. This was his first film where he appeared in the lead role, where he portrayed the antagonistic role of Siddharth Dhanrajgir, a cocky son of a rich business tycoon, who involves in a black-business. The film went to become a sleeper hit, and garnered the positive reviews from the critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3/5 to the film and labelled devaiah's performance as "excellent".[11] Same year, he played in Vasan Bala's crime thriller film Peddlers along-side Nimrat Kaur, where he portrayed the role of Ranjit D'souza, a 20-years old boy, who gets trapped in the drug trade. The film was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, which was muted by the critics.[12] In 2013, Devaiah appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic-tragedy drama film Ram-Leela, starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, where he played the negative role of Bhavani, which was a 'blockbuster' in the year. After a year gap, In 2015, Devaiah appeared in Harshavardan Kulkarni's adult comedy film Hunterrr, co-starring Radhika Apte, where he portrayed the role of Mandar Ponkshe, a sex-addict guy and describing his lustful journey in life.[13] The film did well at the box-office.

Upcoming Projects

Devaiah will appear in 4 different films in 2016, including Cabaret, A Death In The Gunj and CandyFlip. Devaiah will be seen along-side Richa Chadda in Kaustav Narayan Niyogi's romantic dance film Cabaret, which is produced by Pooja Bhatt.

Next, Devaiah will be seen in Konkona Sen Sharma's directorial debut and coming-of-age drama film A Death In The Gunj co-starring Kalki Koechlin. He will appear in the Shanawaz NK's psychedelic thriller film CandyFlip, which will be the hindi/english languaged film. Next, He will also be seen playing the certain role in Vivek Agnihotri's film Junooniyat, co-starring Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam in the lead roles.

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref(s)
2010 That Girl in Yellow Boots Chittiappa Siddanna Gowda [14]
2011 Dum Maaro Dum Ricky [7]
Shaitan Karan 'KC' Chaudhary [15]
2012 Hate Story Siddharth Dhanrajgir [16]
Peddlers Ranjit D'Souza [17]
2013 Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela Bhavani [18]
2015 Hunterrr Mandar Ponkshe [19]
2016 Cabaret TBA [20]
A Death In The Gunj TBA
CandyFlip Altaf
Junooniyat TBA

References

  1. ↑ "Happy Birthday Gulshan!". Filmfare webdesk. Filmfare. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Steven Rego (20 January 2015). "Hunter Gulshan Devaiah". The Times Group. The Times of India (Kannada). Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Kashika, Saxena (May 1, 2012). "My wife has no issue with my intimate scenes: Gulshan Devaiah". Times of India. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Friendship very important in film industry: Gulshan Devaiah". The Indian Express. April 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Can’t spread my arms like Shah Rukh Khan: Gulshan Devaiah". The Indian Express. March 11, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gulshan Devaiah upbeat about first film as lead protagonist". The Indian Express. March 17, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Bangalore-bredBollywood". The Hindu. June 24, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Blessy, Chettar (April 20, 2012). "When you shoot a lovemaking scene all day, it gets really boring: Gulshan Devaiah". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Anurag Kashyap's film to be screened at Venice Film Festival". The Times of India. 31 June 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Shaitaan : Complete Cast and Crew details". Bollywoodhungama.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "Hate Story Movie Review : 3 out of 5 Stars author=Taran Adarsh". Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Peddlers: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  13. ↑ "Hunterrr trailer: Gulshan Devaiah, the sex addict has all the fun in this adult film!". Indua.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Role Dancing". India Today. June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Shaitan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Hate Story is a lot more beyond sexuality: Gulshan Devaiah". NDTV. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  17. ↑ Young, Deborah (May 21, 2012). "Peddlers: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  18. ↑ Pratim D., Gupta (December 5, 2013). "Gulshan Devaiah on being Bhavani in Ram-Leela and his time in Bollywood". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Amol Palekar my inspiration for 'Hunterrr', says Gulshan Devaiah". Daily News and Analysis. March 17, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Cabaret' is the biggest break for me: Gulshan Devaiah". CNN-IBN. September 27, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

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