Indian actor Mukul Dev passes away

Indian actor Mukul Dev has passed away. He was 54.

his brother Rahul Dev confirmed the news on Saturday.

"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 told media.

The actor will be cremated at 5 pm on Saturday.
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.