Английская Википедия:Gulshan Devaiah

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Gulshan Devaiah is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Hindi films. He is known for his roles in Shaitan, Hate Story and Hunterrr. His performance in Shaitan was critically praised and earned him a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

Early life and education

Devaiah was born on 28 May 1978 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India into a Kodava family. He is a NIFT graduate. He is the son of Sri Devaiah and Pushpalata who were employed by Bharat Electronics Ltd. He completed his primary education at Cluny Convent and St Joseph's Indian High School. After graduation from NIFT, he got jobs in the fashion industry where he worked for 10 years. He also taught Bangalore students, fashion, at Wigan & Leigh College. Devaiah started his Bollywood journey with minor roles in Bangalore's English theatre. After he performed in several dramas, he moved to Mumbai for bigger opportunities.

Personal life

He was married to actress Kallirroi Tziafeta, from Greece, from 2012 to 2020.

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 feature film That Girl in Yellow Boots, alongside Kalki Koechlin and Naseeruddin Shah in 2010. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by the Venice Film Festival. 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. In the same year, Devaiah appeared in Bejoy Nambiar's Hindi thriller film Shaitan, starring Rajeev Khandelwal and Kalki Koechlin, where he portrayed the role of Karan Chaudhary "KC". Released in June 2011, 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 lead role, where he portrayed the antagonistic role of Siddharth Dhanrajgir, a cocky son of a rich business tycoon. The film went on 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". The same year, he played in Vasan Bala's crime thriller film Peddlers alongside 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. 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 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-addicted man and describing his lustful journey in life. The film did well at the box-office. In 2016, he was also seen playing the role of an NRI in Vivek Agnihotri's film Junooniyat. Devaiah signed 3 films in 2017, Cabaret, A Death in the Gunj and CandyFlip. He played double role of twin brothers Karate Mani and Jimmy in action comedy film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota for which he won Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor and was also nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played the role of Buraq Ansari in action film Commando 3. In 2020 he appeared in Amazon Prime's drama series Afsos and Netflix original film Ghost Stories.

Filmography

Key

Шаблон:Dagger

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	That Girl in Yellow Boots	Chittiappa Siddanna Gowda
2011	Dum Maaro Dum	Ricky
	Shaitan	Karan 'KC' Chaudhary
2012	Hate Story	Siddharth Dhanrajgir
	Peddlers	Ranjit D'Souza
2013	Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela	Bhavani
2015	Hunterrr	Mandar Ponkshe
2016	Junooniyat	Yash
2017	A Death In The Gunj	Nandan "Nandu" Bakshi
2018	Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota	Karate Mani / Jimmy	Double role
2019	Cabaret	Gaurav
	Commando 3	Buraq Ansari
	CandyFlip	Altaf
2020	Ghost Stories	Girl's Father
	Unpaused	Ahan
	Footfairy	Vivaan	Television film
2022	Badhaai Do	Guru Narayan
	Blurr	Neel	Zee5 film
2023	8 A.M. Metro	Preetam
Шаблон:Tba	Love Affair Шаблон:Dagger	Шаблон:Tba	UnReleased
Шаблон:Tba	Шаблон:Pending film	Шаблон:Tba	UnReleased

Television / web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2018	Smoke	Jairam "JJ" Jha
2020	Afsos	Nakul
2022	Duranga	Abhishek Banne
	Shiksha Mandal	Aditya Ray
2023	Dahaad	Devi Lal Singh
	Guns & Gulaabs	4 Cut Atmaram

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
2012	Filmfare Awards	Dum Maaro Dum, Shaitan & That Girl in Yellow Boots	Best Male Debut	Шаблон:Nom
	Producers Guild Film Awards	Shaitan	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Шаблон:Nom
	Screen Awards		Best Ensemble Cast	Шаблон:Nom
2020		Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota	Best Supporting Actor	Шаблон:Won
	Filmfare Awards		Best Supporting Actor	Шаблон:Nom
2023	Filmfare Awards	Badhaai Do	Best Supporting Actor	Шаблон:Nom
	2023 Filmfare OTT Awards	Dahaad	Best Supporting Actor (Drama series)	Шаблон:Nom

External links

• Шаблон:Bollywood Hungama person
• Шаблон:IMDb name