CineSprint Magazine June 2016

Critically Praised
Realistic
Actor
The actor who has done many realistic movies
struggling for survival as an actor than as a star is
undoubdetly Gulshan Devaiah. Started his career
years back, he is still fighting for a good recognition
as an actor in Indian cinema.
Devaiah is mostly known for
his roles in Shaitan, Hate Story
and Hunterrr.His performamce
in Shaitan was critically praised
and earned him Filmfare Awards
nomination in the category of
Best Male Debut and Best Actor
in a Supporting Role. The actor
was born on May 28th 1978 in
Bengaluru, Karnataka and he
is a graduate from NIFT. He is
married to the actress Kallirroi
Tziafeta, who hails from Greece.
Devaiah started his career from
the Anurag Kashyap's short
film That Girl in Yellow Boots,
along-side Kalki Koechlin and
Naseeruddin Shah in 2010,
as his debut movie. The film
was screened at the Toronto
International Film Festival,
followed by the Venice Film
Festival.He played the role of
Chitiappa in the film. Next in
2011, he appeared in Rohan
Sippy's crime thriller Dum
Maaro Dum, starring Abhishek
Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and
Prateik Babbar, where he
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