Rahul Dev

Rahul Dev Kaushal (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Odia language films He also participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10) and was evicted on day 63.

Rahul Dev Kaushal was born on 27 September 1968 in New Delhi, India into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family with ancestral roots in a village in Jalandhar district.

Rahul Dev and his younger brother, Mukul Dev, were born to Hari Dev, who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Hari Dev died on April 17, 2019 at the age of 91. Their Punjab-born father had exposed the brothers to Afghan culture and could himself speak both Pashto and Farsi.

Dev was educated at the St. Columba's School, Delhi.

In 1993, while in his final year of college studying to be an engineer, he was discovered by fashion designer Rohit Khosla, who encouraged him to pursue modeling, a path he chose in 1994.

He also has a sister, Rashmi.

Dev was one of the top Indian male models of the 1990s, itself considered the best decade for Indian male models. For his professional work he often switched between Delhi and Mumbai, where had moved in 1996. He featured in ad commercials for important brands such as Tata and Raymond as well lifestyle and entertainment magazines.

Dev started his career as a professional model in 1994 and retired from modeling in 2002 to focus more on acting.