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Exclusive: Gulshan Devaiah on his bond with Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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A few months back, the actor known for his work in Ram Leela and Dahaad, Gulshan Devaiah spoke to Filmfare. He was honest and did not shy away from answering questions about his relationship with his ex-wife, his equation with Anurag Kashyap and his overall journey in the industry. 

When asked about his equation with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his experience of working with him, the actor said, “ People say Sanjay Leela Bhansali has a short temper, but this is not the case. Like other directors, he does not communicate openly with you. People are hesitant to talk to him. But I would share my ideas with him without hesitation.”

He further went on to add, “He became fond of me. He’d listen to me. He pays close attention to detail. He takes an entire day to frame a single shot. Perhaps some would find this strange, but when the film is finished, the meticulous detailing stands out. As an actor, he allows you to do whatever you want. However, during editing, he will only retain what he has instructed you to do, not what you have done on your own.”

Now, the actor will soon be seen in the Janhvi Kapoor starrer Ulajh. The film is directed by Sudhanshu Saria and will be released in cinemas on July 5.

source: http://www.filmfare.com / Filmfare.com / Home> News> Bollywood / by Filmfare / May 28th, 2024

8 AM Metro on Zee5 – Netizens call Gulshan Devaiah-Saiyami Kher starrer another sweet film after Laapataa Ladies

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8 AM Metro can be streamed on Zee5 and OTTplay Premium now

A still from 8AM Metro. (Courtesy – PR)

Laapataa Ladies has been the talk of the town ever since it released. Now that people have witnessed Gulshan Devaiah and Saiyami Kher’s film 8 A.M. Metro, they cannot help but feel the same sweet vibe from the movie. Netizens have unanimously praised the Raj Rachakonda directorial. Here are some reactions to note…

Netizens have sweet comments on the film

While one user called 8 A.M. Metro as sweet as Laapataa Ladies, another wrote, “Unexpected person, idelible memories.” A third user called the film impeccable. A fourth one called it therapy. Basically, the film has touched one-and-all. It is to be noted that this was also the case with the critics, back when the movie was out in theatres.

More about the film

8 A.M. Metro is the story of Preetam, played by Gulshan Devaiah and Iravati (Saiyami Kher). They each face fears after their sudden interaction in the train from Nanded to Hyderabad. Iravati gets panic attacks while travelling in a train. Preetam, on the other hand, is depressed and haunted by his past. The two explore more about themselves and each other during their journey. The film is now out on Zee5 and OTTplay Premium.

8 A.M. Metro also stars Umesh Kamat, Kalpika Ganesh, Nimisha Nair, Dheer Charan Srivastav, Jay Jha, Madhu Swaminath and Saurabh Dixitz apart from Gulshan and Saiyami. The movie was made on an estimated budget of Rs. 4 crores and was mainly shot inside a train.

Zee5’s latest offering

8 A.M. Metro is Zee5’s latest offering. Prior to this, the OTT platform was trending owing to The Broken News S2 release. The show starred Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat and Shriya Pilgaonkar in the lead roles. The second season saw what the highs and lows which came with Radha Bhargava (Shriya) and Dipankar Sanyal (Jaideep). Sonali played the role of Amina Qureshi, who ensured Radha’s safety in jail and her bail from the place.

source: http://www.ottplay.com / OTT Play / Home> News / by Reema Chhabda / May 10th, 2024

Gulshan Devaiah: Bollywood’s Action Maestro Embarks on Another Thrilling Venture

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Explore Gulshan Devaiah’s evolution in the action genre, his upcoming projects, and his fearless approach to diverse roles that captivate audiences and critics alike.

Gulshan Devaiah: Bollywood's Action Maestro Embarks on Another Thrilling Venture
Gulshan Devaiah: Bollywood’s Action Maestro Embarks on Another Thrilling Venture

When Gulshan Devaiah burst onto the Bollywood scene, his unique blend of intensity and versatility immediately made waves. Known for his compelling performances, Devaiah is once again set to captivate audiences, this time in an untitled action series that promises to showcase his prowess in the genre. Following his acclaimed role in ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, where his portrayal of a man with a dual identity left viewers and critics in awe, Devaiah is eager to push the envelope further with stylized fight sequences and an adrenaline-pumping narrative.

A New Chapter in Action

Devaiah’s journey in the action genre has been both exhilarating and transformative. His upcoming project marks his second major foray into action, a genre that demands not only physical agility but also a nuanced understanding of the character’s psyche. In conversations about his preparation for the series, Devaiah has expressed excitement about exploring new dimensions of action, emphasizing the importance of stylized sequences that add depth to the narrative. The actor’s dedication to mastering complex choreography and embodying the essence of his character is indicative of his commitment to delivering an unforgettable experience to viewers.

Versatility Across Genres

Aside from his ventures into action, Devaiah has demonstrated remarkable versatility across a spectrum of roles. His portrayal in the Netflix series ‘Guns and Gulaab’ received widespread acclaim, showcasing his ability to navigate the nuances of complex characters. Furthermore, his upcoming role in ‘Little Thomas’ is anticipated to reveal another facet of his talent. Directed by Kaushal Oza and featuring Rasika Dugal, ‘Little Thomas’ is described by Devaiah as a ‘detox experience’, allowing him to explore vulnerability and innocence through his character. This diversity in choice of roles underscores Devaiah’s fearless approach to acting, embodying characters that resonate with audiences on a profound level.

Looking Forward

As the release dates for the untitled action series and ‘Little Thomas’ draw near, anticipation among fans and critics alike is palpable. Devaiah’s enthusiasm for his craft and his continuous effort to challenge himself are what set him apart in an industry teeming with talent. His upcoming projects are not just a testament to his growth as an actor but also to the evolving landscape of Bollywood, where action and depth coalesce to create cinematic magic. With each role, Devaiah not only entertains but also invites viewers to delve deeper into the stories being told, making every performance a memorable one.

source: http://www.bnnbreaking.com/ BNN / Home> India / by Rafia Tasleem / February 22nd, 2024

Rajkummar Rao and Gulshan Devaiah starrer series Guns & Gulaabs to stream from this date

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The series is created by Raj & DK.

Rajkummar Rao and Gulshan Devaiah starrer series Guns & Gulaabs to stream from this date

Filmmaker duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK’s upcoming web series Guns & Gulaabs will premiere on Netflix on August 18.

The upcoming series brings together Rajkummar Rao with Dulquer Salmaan, Gulshan Devaiah and Adarsh Gourav.

The streamer shared the show’s release date on its platform. “Coming on 18 August,” the tagline read.

Inspired by the misfits of the world, Guns & Gulaabs is set in the 90s. It is billed as a story that depicts love and innocence though it is set in a world of crime, as per the official description of the series.

Produced under Raj & DK’s banner D2R Films, the show also features TJ Bhanu.

Guns & Gulaabs marks the first directorial venture of Raj & DK with streamer Netflix.

They earlier made shows The Family Man and Farzi for Prime Video and are currently working on the Indian chapter of Citadel for the streamer.

source: http://www.cinemaexpress.com / Cinema Express / Home> Hindi /by PTI / July 21st, 2023

Gulshan Devaiah pens heartwarming note for his manger Richa: ‘She has been my cheerleader, confidant & friend…’

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Gulshan Devaiah shared a heartwarming anecdote about his manager, who rooted for his film eight years ago.

Gulshan Devaiah was last seen in Dahaad. (Pic: Gulshan/Twitter)

Actor Gulshan Devaiah on Wednesday shared a heartwarming anecdote about his manager, Richa Bhoyar. The actor, who has been a part of unconventional cinema since his debut in Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots, expressed his gratitude for Richa’s support and revealed their unique connection.

In a Twitter post, Gulshan reminisced about the time when Richa, then a college student, unknowingly championed his film Hunterrr. Back in 2015, Richa came across the movie’s poster and instantly recommended it to her friends as a fun watch. Little did they know that their paths would cross again in the future.

Sharing the heartwarming anecdote, Gulshan Devaiah wrote, “Hello 🙂 The young lady in the picture is Richa Bhoyar. In 2015, she was 20 something years old, in college, perusing her studies. She saw the poster of Hunterrr one day & told her friends that they should go watch it in the theatre because it looks like a fun movie. She & her friends had never heard of me before that day, yet she convinced around 15 of her friends to buy tickets to watch my film. They all apparently really enjoyed the film.”

Revealing how Richa became his manager, he added, “Cut to …present day, Richa, now part of Bling Entertainment, is my manager. She has been my manager, cheerleader, confidant & friend for about 2 years now. She just told me the story about Hunterrr & it put a big smile on my face & lots of warmth in heart. She had no idea that she’d be a talent manager one day & I had no idea until she told me this story earlier today. The “power of attraction” she says 😀.. I am so happy that this is how things worked out for me. Thank you Richa & many cheers to you. Cinema Zindabad!! See y’all at the movies!!” Gulshan played the role of a sex addict in Hunterrr.

Gulshan Devaiah recently received accolades for his nuanced performance as a police officer in the Amazon Prime web series Dahaad. He will be next seen in the highly anticipated show Guns & Gulaabs, helmed by hit director duo Raj and DK. He also has Sudhanshu Saria’s Ulajh, which also stars Janhvi Kapoor and Roshan Mathew.

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> News> Entertainment> Bollywood / by Entertainment Desk, Chennai / July 12th, 2023

Gulshan Devaiah says in age of AI, ML; he aims to support artistes monetarily for their work

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Gulshan Devaiah feels that as the world gets upgraded with AI and ML, it is his responsibility to support the artistes monetarily for their work.

Gulshan Devaiah says in age of AI, ML; he aims to support artistes monetarily for their work
Gulshan Devaiah

Mumbai: 

Actor Gulshan Devaiah, who is receiving a lot of positive response for his work in the recently released streaming series ‘Dahaad’, feels that as the world gets upgraded with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with the former taking over creative jobs, it is his responsibility to support the artistes financially in lieu of their work.

Recently, Bengaluru-based caricature artiste Prasad Bhat, who is the founder of Graphicurry, reached out to Gulshan to pay a tribute to him as an actor, by caricaturing some of his iconic characters.

The actor could not accept it for free. Touched by the gesture, Gulshan commissioned the work from the artiste.

Talking about the same, Gulshan said” “If I really like something then I’m willing to pay for it. I’m very grateful & privileged to receive offers from artists to make me something for free but it’s their livelihood too and in this age of Machine Learning and AI, the least I can do is support artists by offering to pay them their rates”.

Prasad had picked Gulshan’s looks from his movies and series, like ‘Commando 3’, ‘Dahaad’, ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’, ‘Ghost Stories‘, ‘Durangaa’, ‘Badhaai Do’, ‘Hunterrr’, ‘Death in the Gunj’ and ‘That Girl in Yellow Boots’.

The actor further mentioned: “Prasad offered to make me something. I liked his idea and decided I wanted to commission him to kinda summarise my career until now with his art. I’m very happy with Prasad’s caricatures and each one of them has wonderful memories attached to them.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Gulshan who was last seen in the movie ‘8 A.M. Metro’, opposite Saiyami Kher, will soon begin filming his upcoming action thriller movie ‘Ulajh’ with Janhvi Kapoor and Malayalam star Roshan Mathew.

source: http://telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Entertainment / by IANS / June 01st, 2023

Why Gulshan Devaiah is called an ‘encyclopedia’ by his ‘Dahaad’ co-stars

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 Actor Gulshan Devaiah shared an instance from the shoot days of ‘Dahaad’ and recounted how he took up the role of a ‘prompter’ for co-star Vijay Varma, and how his co-stars fondly called him an encyclopedia on set.

“There was a particular scene that was shot in a school. This was Vijay and my first scene together and it was quite an easy scene, where we have an exchange in a corridor. We shot the master/wide take and were shooting the OS (over the shoulder) close ups.”

“It was going well, and suddenly I saw Vijay searching for his line as he had forgotten his line. I was like this is such a good take for me and so I started to prompt him,” said Gulshan.

The actor added: “Now the camera was on me and not on him. It was my close up so I’m desperately trying to cover my mouth while prompting him his line. Of course, Vijay broke into a laugh!”

“There’s no way we could now use this take because whatever I was doing in order to prompt him while avoiding getting caught on camera was quite comically out of character. We had a good laugh about it and re-did the take.”

Gulshan who is tagged as a “walking encyclopedia” by his co-actors is known for remembering everything – including his co-actors’ dialogues, fun facts about random things – from food to sports.

Shoot days would often end with a fun dancing session, an impromptu karaoke, or even a friendly match of badminton. Pranks were a common occurrence and the actors and creators became a close-knit group till the end of the shoot.

Directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, ‘Dahaad’ is produced by Excel Media and Entertainment and Tiger Baby with Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, and Reema Kagti as Executive Producers.

The 8-episodic series streaming on Prime Video.

source: http://www.daijiworld.com / Daijiworld.com / Home> Glamour / by IANS / May 16th, 2023

Gulshan Devaiah Makes A Hearty Meal, And Twitteratis Are Impressed With Its Complexity!

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What keeps us updated better than social media apps? Be it a piece of national news, Hollywood gossip or a local incident, social media will be the fastest source of information. The latest piece of interesting info that caught our attention is that Gulshan Devaiah can cook and how! The Hunterrr fame, known for his impressionable acting skills is quite active on Twitter. You can find him giving insight into his days often. This time he posted a picture of a beautifully spread plate with a lot of elements on it. While the food on that plate looked pretty tempting, the caption is what impressed us the most!

Take a look at the plate and the caption yourself!

Gulshan Devaiah Impressed Twitteratis With His Culinary Skills

“SuperGullu”@gulshandevaiah

One meal a day :

Meatball with carrots, white Radish & raw plantain.

Sautéed Mushrooms in garlic butter sauce.

Saffron rice.

3 pears, 6 pieces of ripe jackfruit before this plate.

Finished it off with coconut water & 3 pcs of Royce Nama chocolate

hell yeah!! I can cook

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· 5:37 PM / Feb 23, 2023

Hell yeah! He can cook and how! The beautifully set plate explains the reason behind his excitement. Starting with a list of all that we can see on his plate, he talks about his one meal a day. With a portion of saffron rice accompanied by meatballs with white radish, carrot and raw plantain, you can also find sauteed mushrooms on his plate.

His caption also mentions had 3 pears and 6 pieces of ripe jackfruit before having this hearty meal. To finish off this meal, he had some coconut water and 3 pieces of Royce Nama chocolate.

Here’s What The Fans Had To Say About It

Twitteratis were just as impressed with his cooking as we are! While some of them complimented him on his culinary skills, many of them expressed their interest in his movies.

Some also had a question if he consumes only one meal a day! Here are some of the comments.

While it is unclear if this is his only meal for the day, we can certainly appreciate the effort put into making his meal complete.

Cover Image Courtesy: Twitter/@gulshandevaiah

source: http://www.curlytales.com / Curly Tales / Home> Food> Trending / by Mallikas Khurana / February 24th, 2023

Kodava Goes Filmi

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Kodava goes filmi

He’s a Bengalurean who now calls Mumbai his home. Meet Kodava hottie Gulshan Devaiah who has taken Bollywood by storm with his performances in Shaitan and Dum Maaro Dum. Well-spoken, funny and passionate, Gulshan plays KC, a wild child whose parents don’t know his true colours in Shaitan. “He’s always living life on the edge. He loves women, flirts and sleeps around with them. But inside, he’s a very insecure person.”

But Gulshan’s the complete opposite of KC when it comes to women. “When I was in PUC, I’d have a bunch of girls waiting for me. I was incredibly shy and needed a lot of courage to talk to them. I’m also a non-violent guy who thinks fights are emotionally draining. I just like sitting at home and being by myself.”

Gulshan was born and brought up in Bengaluru. “I studied at Cluny Convent and then at St Joseph’s PUC. I wasn’t particularly good at studies and even failed my second PUC! I also lived in a rough neighbourhood where people would randomly get beaten up. Once, I got beaten up by a guy who used to like a girl that I would chat with!” he laughs.

But what saved him was the fashion world. He went onto study fashion at NIFT. “I worked in the fashion business for 10 years. I taught fashion at a college, started a business and even freelanced.” However, Gulshan gave it all up to follow his childhood dream — acting. He wasn’t new to acting when he entered B-Town. This drama enthusiast started doing theatre at a very young age. “I would come up with my own acts for school functions. I even did a lot miming and solo acts (which was called ‘mono acting’ back then!). I did semi-professional theatre with a Kannada troupe. I’ve been active in amateur English theatre since 2000,” says Gulshan who is now busy with his play Butter and Mashed Banana.

While there have been talks about Shiv and Neil puckering up in Shaitan, Gulshan laughs, “Mine’s the real kiss and nobody’s talking about it! It’s a proper Hollywood type one!”

The Bengaluru boy adds. “I miss my mom and dad a lot. When I visit Bengaluru, I miss India Coffee House in its original place. The atmosphere and dosas — were just awesome!”

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Tabloid / Jun 21st, 2011