Dev (Bengali actor)

thumb|Dev in 2023 Dev (Bengali actor) Deepak Adhikari (born 25 December 1982), known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and screenwriter, known for his works in Bengali cinema and more recently, a politician. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2014, as a candidate from the All India Trinamool Congress party. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures. He made his acting debut in the 2006 film Agnishapath opposite Rachna Banerjee. Quotes If you ask me why I’m successful, I’d say that’s because I stay away from negative people. These people can pull you down and inject negativity into you. Good times and bad times are part of one’s life, but if you have negative people around you, bad times will never end. Dev on his 18-year ride to stardom It’s important to be positive throughout and ignore the negative vibe. If your team and you stay positive, nothing external can touch you. I think it’s experiencing the ups and downs of life. It’s important to sort out your priorities and decide how you want to live your life. You have to stay positive no matter what. Work keeps me so busy that I don’t get the time. However, if someone close to me invites me, I will surely be there. I’m not an egoistic person but I am quite stubborn by nature. I don’t harbour an ego because I want to learn from everything but self-respect matters to me. If someone tells me ‘you can’t do it’, I will divert all my energy to do it and show them that I can. People should see my hard work first and then form an opinion: Dev Each film is challenging and a learning process for me. BO collection is not the only thing that matters for an actor as he should also be emotionally involved with the character he portrays. I wasn't born as Dev, says actor Dev The fight that is going on now, the way everything local is becoming global, moving to the national level, I would also like the content of Bengali films to reach that place. Exclusive interview of tollywood actor Dev It's very difficult to say. Cinema teaches us something new every day. So cinema cannot be tied to any formula. Dev on Tollywood External links Dev (actor) Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Actors from India Category:People from Mumbai Category:Hindus from India Category:Trinamool Congress politicians