Rahul Dev: Sometimes a criminal, sometimes a policeman

- 'My godfather Hari Dev was also a policeman. He has twice won a gallantry award. I have rarely seen them at home. So I didn't want to be a policeman. '

- Rahul Dev says, 'Cinema is changing and I am happy with this change. Some of them look funny when I watch old movies. So this is how cinema is changing and we need to focus on some great stories. '

Rahul Dev has played the role of a dangerous villain in Bollywood and South Indian films and Rahul Dev has shocked everyone by playing a positive role in a web series called 'The Empire'. In this web series he has played the role of Wazir Khan, which is one of the highlights of this series. He has also portrayed a police officer named Rajesh Ahlawat on screen in the OTT film 'Raat Baki Hai'.

'My godfather Hari Dev was also a policeman. He has twice won a gallantry award. I have rarely seen them at home. So I didn't want to be a cop. My two brothers (Mukul Dev) and I are well educated, but we did not want to be IPS or IAS. Even our father did not ask us to be policemen. So I don't say that to my son (Siddhanta) either. He will choose his own path, 'said Rahul Dev. He directed Kalpana Lazmi's film 'Kaun?' And Kushan has played the role of a policeman in Nandi's offbeat film 'Antop Hill'.

Filmmaker Mukul Anand, who made films on the larger than life canvas, cast Rahul in a film called 'Dash' with Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Vinod Khanna, but Mukul Dev died and the film stalled. The model from Delhi became the heroine in Sunny Deol starrer 'Champion' (2000).

'Mukul gave me some acting courses so that I could do better acting. I have done my job with excellence. Pantal Saab also taught me some tricks. He has helped me a lot, 'said Rahul Dev. After working as a villain in the Hindi film industry, Rahul went to the South where he also played negative roles. He also played a negative role in Mahesh Babu's film 'Takkari Donga'. "Bipasha Basu and Lisa Ray were the heroines in it and they couldn't even speak Hindi properly and that was a big joke for Mahesh Babu and me," he said.

Rahul Dev is very happy to have worked with him continuously for the last two years. 'I am very lucky, I did a lot of work. Some of my films are yet to be released. Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. However, I am also doing a film with Vikram Bhatt, 'he said.

Before Rahul Dev became Dean in 'Love, Scandal and Doctors' and a retired soldier in 'Who's Your Daddy', he played the role of a villain again in 'Torbaaz'. Rahul Dev says, 'Cinema is changing and I am happy with this change. Some of them look funny when I watch old movies. This is how cinema is changing and we need to focus on some great stories, "said Rahul.