Mukul Dev: Villain of Rajani

Chocolate-faced model Mukul Dev is the villain in Rajani featuring Upendra in the lead. Mukul is reprising the role he�played in the original Krishna. But Mukul’s entry as villain was not planned. “It was my brother Rahul Dev who suggested my name for the original film Krishna as he didn’t have the dates,” he says.

Mukul was in Mysore to participate in the climax of the film which used 1,000 extras, 50 lorries, 25 Scorpios and 100 Tata Sumos. “The way the entire climax is picturised will be one of the highlights of the film. It will be complete value for film-goers’ money,” he beams.

Mukul is full of praise for Upendra “He is a fantastic co-artiste and an excellent actor. Between shots, I watched his Kannada film A in the car. Though I couldn’t follow the language, I was engrossed in the film from start to finish and thought this man could do anything as an actor. I would place him alongside the likes of Naseeruddin Shah,” he says.

Mukul has 2-3 Telugu films in the pipeline and his Bollywood film Poison is all set to release soon.