Dev is a 2019 Indian Tamil-languageromanticactionadventure film based on road adventure written and directed by Rajath Ravishankar on his directorial debut.^[3][4]

The film stars Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh in the main lead prominent roles, while Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishnan, and RJ Vigneshkanth play supportive and pivotal roles in the film.^[5][6]Harris Jayaraj has been roped into score music for the film while cinematography is handled by R. Velraj and editing is done by Anthony L. Ruben.^[7] The film marks the first collaboration between Karthi and music director Harris Jayaraj.^[8] The film was earlier scheduled to have its theatrical release on 21 December 2018 on the eve of Christmas, and later scheduled to 10 January 2019 post Thai Pongal but was postponed to have its theatrical release on 14 February 2019 on the eve of Valentine's Day to tight race at the box office.^{[9][10][11][12]}

• 6Soundtrack

Plot[edit]

The first half of the movie is shown via narration by Dev's (Karthi) friend Vicky (RJ Vigneshkanth), who is a stand-up comedian. Dev is an adventure-loving young man who is always in pursuit of new adventures. However, Vicky feels that Dev does not have an aim in his life. Dev always take his friends with his adventures. Vicky wants to have a different life than Dev's. He wants a normal office job than following his passion. Vicky wants Dev to be distracted so that Dev will not go for any more adventures and drag Vicky with him. Dev is encouraged to love a girl. Dev stopped Vicky from attending a interview for an office job. Dev made Vicky realize his talent in stand-up comedy and pursue it. Dev sees Meghna (Rakul Preet Singh), a CEO from a startup in San Francisco on Facebook and sends her a request. He gets disappointed when she does not respond. Later, he understands that she is a big businesswoman who made it big on her own. Dev is reluctant to stalk a girl in this day and age. His clueless friends encourage him to stalk her anyways as it is a manly thing to do. As fate has it, he eventually sees her in India and throws away his ethics to try and win her heart. Meghna finds it difficult to trust men due to her childhood trauma she experienced when her father left her and her mother. Meghna lives in the USA. Dev's family and his family's business is in India. Will Dev win Meghna over? Will the relationship sustain?

The app comes with a few ads. Free text and call app for laptop. HOW CAN ALL OF THIS BE FREE?

Cast[edit]

• Karthi as Dev Ramalingam, an adventure-loving young man
• Rakul Preet Singh as Meghna Padmavati, an Indian entrepreneur based abroad in USA^[13]
• Prakash Raj as Ramalingam, Dev's father
• Ramya Krishnan as Padmavati, Meghana's mother
• RJ Vigneshkanth as Vicky 'Samosa', the narrator and Dev's friend who is a stand-up comedian
• Santhosh Prathap as Harish
• Renuka as Dev's aunt
• Amrutha Srinivasan as Nisha
• Baby Dhaksha H. Arun as Meenakshi, a little girl seen with a Dora doll at the hospital
• Karthik as Ashok (cameo appearance)
• Nikki Galrani as a media reporter (cameo appearance)

Production[edit]

The film titled Dev was announced by debutant Rajath Ravishankar who previously served as the assistant of Anurag Kashyap, as his maiden directorial project in March 2018 and it was revealed that Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh would play the main lead roles in the film for the second time in a film after Theeran Adhigaram Ondru.^[14][15] The film went on floors from 8 March 2018 with the shooting being commenced at Chennai.^[16] The first look poster of the film was unveiled by Karthi's brother Suriya on 25 October 2018.^[17] It was evident that Karthi playing the titular role with the lead actor returning to act in a road film after 9 years since Paiyaa in 2010 essaying a prominent role and lead actress Rakul Preet Singh as Meghna, an Indian woman entrepreneur.^[18][19]

The film director revealed that the film's plot is inspired from the life of former Indian cricket captain and star all-rounder Kapil Dev. Most of the portions of the film include bike stunt sequences with lead actor Karthi playing the role of a bike lover/enthusiast and they were shot in the roads across India and Nepal especially at the Mount Everest.^[20][21] The scenes of the film were extensively shot in areas such as Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kullu, Manali, Himalayas, Gulmarg, Ukraine and Carpathian Mountains.^[22] The shooting was wrapped in around early November 2018 in Ukraine.^[23] The climax portions of the film were revealed to have shot in a place called Sisu in the Himalayas mountain range.^[24]

Release[edit]

The movie had its theatrical release on 14 February 2019 and was panned by some critics with the film being rated as a tiresome love saga with a complete expensive misadventure.^[25][26] The movie was simultaneously dubbed in Telugu language.^[27]

The original version of the film had a run time of 159 minutes but later the film was trimmed by 15 minutes due to poor reviews.^[28]

Marketing[edit]

The official teaser of the film was released on 5 November 2018, post Diwali and received positive reviews from the audience.^[29] The official trailer for the film was unveiled by actor Suriya on 31 January 2019.^[30] The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights for the film were sold to Murali Cine Arts.^[31]

Soundtrack[edit]

The first single of the official soundtrack titled Anange was released on 14 December 2018 by the filmmakers and was confirmed by the music director Harris Jayaraj in his Twitter account, marking his first association with Karthi.^[32][33] The first single of the film received highly positive reviews from critics and was trending during its release.^[34] The reports revealed that six playback singers were roped into croon the song.^[35][36][37] The remaining songs of the album were launched on 12 January 2019.^[38]

The lectures also include broad outline of the modern concepts and debates in the context of the contemporary political problems, such as rise of China and other emerging powers, threat of terrorism, US-Russia confrontation, etc. International relations theories comparisons. The lectures of the two outstanding Russian scholars and political analysts – Timofey Bordachev and Dmitry Suslov - cover such fields as the problems of international security and conflict resolution, international economic relations, foreign policy decision-making, global governance, the role of power in the IR. The historic part shows the evolution of the international relations theory from being a part of political philosophy to its emergence as a special branch of political science, which is essential to understand the key ideas of the IR science.

Behindwoods rated the album three stars out of five.^[8]

Tracklist[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Dev to hit the theaters on 14 February 2019'. zeenews. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
2. ^Online Desk (5 November 2018). 'Karthi's 'Dev' breaks free from the norm'. New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. ^'First look of Karthi-starrer 'Dev' is out'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
4. ^RajKumar (14 December 2018). 'Dev Tamil Movie (2018) Cast Songs Teaser Trailer Release Date'. News Bugz. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
5. ^'Karthi's upcoming film to be titled 'Dev'?'. The News Minute. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
6. ^Dev Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos eTimes, retrieved 31 January 2019
7. ^Staff, Scroll. ''Dev' teaser: Karthi's character wants to live on the edge'. Scroll.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
8. ^ ^abRamanujam, Srinivasa (28 December 2018). 'If you instantly recognise a Harris song, that is my success: Harris Jayaraj'. The Hindu. ISSN0971-751X. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
9. ^'Dev': The Karthi-starrer to release in December - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
10. ^'Dev Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos eTimes'. m.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
11. ^''Dev': Makers reveal that release date of the Karthi starrer - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
12. ^Upadhyaya, Prakash (31 January 2019). 'Tamil movies in February: From Vandha Rajavadhan Varuven to Dev, here are Kollywood films releasing this month'. International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
13. ^'Karthi reveals details of Rakul Preet Singh's role in their upcoming film Dev Entertainment News'. www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
14. ^'Karthi's next with Rakul Preet Singh titled 'Dev'? - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
15. ^'Dev actor Karthi opens up about working with Rajat Ravi Shankar and how Rakul Preet brought life to her character - Bollywoodlife.com'. www.bollywoodlife.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
16. ^''KARTHI 17' is a mega budget Film starring Karthi'. View7media - latest update about tamil cinema movie reviews. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
17. ^'Dev: Suriya unveils first look posters of Karthi's upcoming film'. The Indian Express. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
18. ^''Dev' is about love and following your heart, Karthi says'. gulfnews.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
19. ^'Dev love story is about two very different people'. www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
20. ^'Dev teaser: Karthi's road movie looks beautiful'. The Indian Express. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
21. ^'Dev is largely based on Karthi's character his journey in the film, says director Rajath Ravishankar- Entertainment News, Firstpost'. Firstpost. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
22. ^'Karthi's 'Dev' nears completion - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
23. ^'Rakul Preet wraps up shooting for Karthi's 'Dev' - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
24. ^'Karthi's 'Dev' climax shot in a place called Sisu in Himalayas - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
25. ^Sowmya Rajendran (14 February 2019). ''Dev' review: Karthi's film is a tiresome love saga'. The News Minute. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
26. ^Srinivasa Ramanujam (14 February 2019). ''Dev' review: Adventure gone awry'. The Hindu. ISSN0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
27. ^'Watch Teaser Karthi's 'Dev' breaks free from the norm'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
28. ^TNN (16 February 2019). 'Karthi's Dev trimmed by 15 minutes - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
29. ^''Dev': The teaser of Karthi starrer unveiled - Times of India ►'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
30. ^'Dev trailer: Karthi plays an adventure junkie'. The Indian Express. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
31. ^'New updates on release date and theatrical rights of Karthi's 'Dev' - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
32. ^'Karthi Starrer Dev's First Single Out on 14th December'. The Hans India. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
33. ^''Dev': Makers unveil song titled, 'Anangae' from the Karthi starrer - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
34. ^'This Harris Jayaraj song from 'Dev' may sound familiar to a Michael Jackson fan'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
35. ^'Karthi tweets about a beautiful song from Dev composed by Harris Jayaraj'. Behindwoods. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
36. ^SenSongs (13 December 2018). 'Dev Songs Download Karthi's Dev Mp3 Songs Tamil'. SenSongs.La. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
37. ^navEEn. 'Dev Single Track Anange Review, Harris Jayaraj makes a Breezy Comeback After a Void Year'. Microcap Observer. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
38. ^'Music Review: Dev - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

External links[edit]

• Dev on IMDb