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Rajan P. Dev
  • Date of Birth:
    May 20, 1953
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Gemini
  • Place of Birth:
    Cherthala, Kerala, India
  • Place of Death:
    Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Date of Death:
    July 29, 2009
  • Cause of Death:
    Liver problems
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian

Family

Rajan P. Dev
  • Spouse:
    Santhamma

Career

Rajan P. Dev

Trivia

Rajan P. Dev
  • Dev launched his film career with Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku (1983), directed by Fazil.
  • His superhit play Kattukuthira was made into a film, the role went to Thilakan.
  • Dev expressed his disappointment on this in a magazine interview, which caught the attention of director Thampy Kannanthanam.
  • He invited Dev to play the villain role of Carlos in his film Indrajalam (1990), starring Mohanlal.
  • Just like his character Kochuvava, Carlos also became immensely popular so much so that for some years since then Dev was often referred to as Carlos, much like Keerikkadan Jose another popular villain character of that time.
  • The role of Carlos proved to be career defining for Dev, as he was showered with villain roles in a number of films.
  • Several of Dev's villain roles had a touch of comedy, but could not get out of the typical villain character mould.
  • He got a break from this with Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995) dirceted by Rajasenan, in which he played Aniyan Bava, the younger brother to Chettan Bava, played by Narendra Prasad.
  • The film established his versatility. He went on to act in full fledged comedy roles after it, most notably in films Sphadikam (1995), Thommanum Makkalum (2005) and Chota Mumbai (2007).
  • He still continued to act his his signature villain roles. He expanded his career to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films starting with Gentleman (1993), directed by S. Shankar.

Biography

Rajan P. Dev
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Rajan P. DevRajan P. Dev is an Indian film and drama actor. He was born at Cherthala in Alappuzha district of Kerala. He acts in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. He came into limelight for his charecterisation of Kochu Vava in the drama Kattukuthira, which was later made into the Malayalam film as Kattukuthira, with Thilakan as Kochu Vava. Rajan P Dev died in Kochi Wednesday 29th July 2009 at 6.30 in the morning.He was admitted at Lakeshore hospital after vomiting blood.

He was under treatment for liver disease for a long time. He is survived by his wife Santha, daughter Ashamma and son Jibile Raj. Funeral ceremony will be held Thursday at 11 am at St. Xavier's church, Angamaly The last film that he had acted was Pattanathil Bhootham, in which superstar Mammootty plays the hero.

Filmography

Rajan P. Dev

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