Rahul Dev is an Indian film actor and former model. He predominantly works in Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali films. He made his debut in the 2000 film Champion where he played a villainous role and for which he was nominated for the 2001 Filmfare Best Villain Award. He acted villain in the Punjabi movies Dharti in 2011. In December 2013, Dev made his television debut, playing the role of demon Arunasur in mythological TV series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev. He is now a contestant on Colors Tv reality show Big Boss10. Dev's wife Rina died of cancer on 16 May 2009. The couple had been married for 11 years and have a son. He has a younger brother, Mukul Dev, who is also an established Bollywood actor.