Actor Mukul Dev made his acting debut with the 1996 movie Dastak, co-starring Sushmita Sen and Sharad Kapoor, playing a CBI officer

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Actor Mukul Dev, best known for his roles in films such as Son of Sardaar, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Jai Ho, has passed away, his brother Rahul Dev said on Saturday. He was 54. “My brother Mukul Dev passed away peacefully last night at New Delhi due to ailing health,” Rahul 

Dev said. According to Mukul Dev’s close friend Vindu Dara Singh, the actor died at a hospital in the national capital. “He was unwell for eight to ten days. He was not looking after his health and was depressed after the demise of his mother. We were waiting for Mukul to join us for the photo shoot of Son of Sardaar 2 but he had stopped answering our calls,” Singh said. 

Mukul Dev, a former model, is survived by his daughter, Sia Dev, from his marriage to ex-wife Shilpa Dev. He made his acting debut with the 1996 movie Dastak, co-starring Sushmita Sen and Sharad Kapoor. 

He was largely seen playing supporting roles in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Telugu films. Some of his notable movies included Ajay Devgn’s Son of Sardaar, Salman Khan-starrer Jai Ho and Yamla Pagla Deewana, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, as well as Kohram, R... Rajkumar and War Chhod Na Yaar. He was also the co-writer of filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s critically-acclaimed 2017 movie Omerta, starring Rajkummar Rao.