
Though he has delivered some critically acclaimed performances, Dev is often trolled for his poor accent, average acting skills, his winning of the Mahanayak Samman from the Government of West Bengal and his work as a politician.ĭev had also been a mentor on the Bengali dance reality show Dance Bangla Dance, replacing Mithun Chakraborty. His accomplishments have made him one of the highest paid and sought out actors of Bengali cinema. He had been a recipient of numerous awards and nominations, namely Tele Cine Awards, Kalakar Awards, Filmfare Awards East, Filmfare Awards East (2017) & NABC International Bangla Film Award 2017. He continued to garner commercial success and wider attention through his successful films, including Le Chakka Dui Prithibi, Paglu, Challenge 2, Khoka 420, Rangbaaz and Chander Pahar. He received the Anandalok Awards for Best Actor and Best Action Hero for his performance in the film. Dev got another breakthrough in Challenge which opened to critical and commercial success.

A remake of the Kannada hit Mungaru Male, the film was moderate successful. He made a comeback on the silver screen with Premer Kahini, opposite Koel Mullick, his first with whom he went on to star with in numerous films. Despite the success, Dev didn't get any work for the next fourteen months.

Directed by Ravi Kinnagi, the film was critically unsuccessful, but was commercially successful and was quick to resurrect his career. He received his breakthrough by starring in I Love You opposite Payal Sarkar. Dev faced flak after the film was released, and it turned out to be a critical and commercial flop. Ltd.īorn in Keshpur, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film Agnishapath. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt. Mukerjee appeared as an actor in Bengali film Loveria, which was released in 2013.Dev (born Deepak Adhikari on 25 December 1982) is an Indian film actor, producer, entertainer, singer and film writer, known for his works in Bengali cinema and more recently as politician. Kalpana Patowary was nominated as Best Female Playback Singer in 12th Tele-Cine Award, Kolkata for Mukerjee's composition "Koka Kola” from Bengali film Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re. Usha Uthup also sang in Mukerjee's composition. Shreya Ghoshal sang the song "Jaane Jaana" from the film Macho Mustanaa in Mukerjee's composition. Singers from Hindi film and music industry like, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala and many more sang under Mukerjee's music direction in the film Macho Mustanaa. Amar Blue Sunglass has seven different genres of songs written, composed and sung by Mukerjee himself. His debut music album Amar Blue Sunglass was released in 2012 from Remac Muzik.

Some of his successful projects as a music composer are Macho Mustanaa, Loveria, Kranti, Josh, Dui Prithibi, Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo, 100% Love, Om Shanti, Majnu, Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re etc. Later in his career Mukerjee composed many popular songs for many Bengali films.

Then in 1994 Mukerjee joined English classic rock band Hip Pocket (Indian band) as a bass guitarist and supportive vocalist. in 1993 he joined Bengali band Parash Pathar as a bass guitarist and vocalist. Mukerjee started his musical journey in 1990 as a bass guitarist and vocalist from his school band named Dynamites. Joseph School Bowbazar, Kolkata and completed his law degree from Hazra Law College, Kolkata. Mukerjee was born June 9, 1974, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
