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Dev (देव) (2004 film)
Dev (देव) is a 2004 Hindi political drama directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Amitabh Bachchan as JCP Dev Pratap Singh opposite Om Puri, Fardeen Khan, and Kareena Kapoor; released 11 June 2004, it won two Filmfare Critics Awards and drew controversy over its Gujarat riots backdrop.
Dev (தேவ்) (2019 film)
Dev (தேவ்) is a 2019 Tamil action-adventure-romance film, Rajath Ravishankar's directorial debut, starring Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh with Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishnan, music by Harris Jayaraj; released 14 February 2019, it flopped and was later trimmed by 15 minutes.
Dev Anand (देव आनंद)
Dev Anand (देव आनंद), born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (1923–2011), was a Hindi film actor, producer, director, and Navketan Films co-founder; star of Guide, Baazi, and Jewel Thief, and winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Dev Anand filmography
Dev Anand filmography: the Hindi films of actor-director Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (1923-2011), Navketan Films founder, from Hum Ek Hain (1946) to Chargesheet (2011), including Guide, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam and Hare Rama Hare Krishna.
Dev D
Dev D (देव डी), 2009 Hindi black-comedy drama by Anurag Kashyap, a modern Devdas adaptation starring Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, and Kalki Koechlin; Amit Trivedi's National Award-winning soundtrack and a 2026 re-release distinguish it.
Dev DD
Dev DD is an Indian Hindi-language drama web series produced by Shobha and Ekta Kapoor for Balaji Telefilms, first released in April 2017 on ALTBalaji.
Dev Hynes
Dev Hynes (Devonté Hynes), English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion and Test Icicles member; albums Coastal Grooves through Essex Honey (2025), plus film scores and classical works.
Dev Khare
Dev Khare is a Partner at Lightspeed India Partners, the India and Southeast Asia arm of Lightspeed Venture Partners, where since 2011 he has backed PhysicsWallah, Razorpay, Darwinbox, and ShareChat.
Dev Patel
Dev Patel, British actor and filmmaker born 1990 in Harrow, London; starred in Skins, Slumdog Millionaire (Jamal Malik), Lion (Saroo Brierley), and The Green Knight; BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee; directed Monkey Man (2024).
Dev Virahsawmy
Dev Virahsawmy, full name Narendraj Virahsawmy, was a Mauritian linguist, playwright, and politician who wrote nearly all his work in Mauritian Creole and campaigned for its recognition.
Dev-C++
Dev-C++ is a free, open-source IDE for C and C++ on Windows, first released in 1998, bundling the MinGW GCC compiler and used mostly by beginners, students, and classroom courses.
Deva
Deva (Deva Victrix), Roman legionary fortress at modern Chester, England; founded in the AD 70s by Legio II Adiutrix, main base of Legio XX Valeria Victrix; largest fortress in Britain at 25 hectares.
Deva (2025 film)
Deva (देवा) is a 2025 Hindi action thriller directed by Rosshan Andrrews, a remake of his own Malayalam film Mumbai Police, starring Shahid Kapoor as amnesiac cop Dev Ambre; released 31 January 2025, it flopped at the box office and streams on Netflix.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit देव) is the Sanskrit word for a divine being in Hinduism, broader than the English "god"; the Rigveda applies it to Agni, Indra, and Surya.
Deva (देव) (Buddhism)
A deva (देव), also called Thewada, is a long-lived but mortal godlike being in Buddhism, reborn in heavenly planes through past merit and, unlike Greek gods, not immortal.
Deva (தேவா) (composer)
Deva (தேவா), born Devanesan Chokkalingam, Thenisai Thendral, Tamil film composer of 400+ films who brought Chennai gaana to cinema, scored Annamalai and Baashha, died 17 October 2026.
Deva Cassel
Deva Cassel, Italian-French model and actress (b. 2004, Rome), daughter of Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel; Dior and Cartier ambassador, film debut La bella estate (2023), Angelica in Netflix's The Leopard (2025), voice of Ennui in the Italian Inside Out 2.
Deva dynasty of Jammu
Deva dynasty of Jammu: Hindu dynasty of the Jammu hills, c. 840 CE to c. 1798/1816, succeeding the Dhar dynasty and preceding Dogra rule; known mainly from Vansavalis and the Rajdarshani.
Deva Raya I
Deva Raya I (देवराय प्रथम) was a Sangama dynasty emperor of Vijayanagara in southern India who reigned from 1406 to 1422, warring with the Bahmani Sultanate.
Deva Raya II
Deva Raya II (देवराय द्वितीय) was an emperor of Vijayanagara whose reign from 1432 to 1446 saw the annexation of Kondavidu and wars with the Bahmani sultanate.
Devadana
Devadana (देवदान), literally "God's gift," was the land grant made to Hindu temples in medieval South India, recorded mainly in Chola and Pandya inscriptions from the tenth to thirteenth centuries.
Devadarvadi kvatha curna
Devadarvadi kvatha curna (Devadārvādi kvātha cūrṇa), AFI formulation AFI000561, is a 21-ingredient Ayurvedic coarse-powder decoction formula led by Cedrus deodara, dosed at 48 g in divided doses per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Devadarvarista
Devadarvarista (Devadārvāriṣṭa, AFI000326) is a classical Ayurvedic fermented arishta around Cedrus deodara wood, from Bhaishajya Ratnavali, dosed 12–24 ml, mainly indicated for prameha (diabetes).
Devadas (దేవదాసు) (2018 film)
Devadas (దేవదాసు) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Sriram Adittya, in which gangster Nagarjuna Akkineni hides at the clinic of doctor Nani, their first film together.
Devadasi (देवदासी)
Devadasi (देवदासी, also Jogini, Basavi, Devaradiyar): women dedicated to Hindu temple deities in South India who performed ritual dance and music; the practice was legally abolished from 1947 onward but persists in some districts.
Devadatta
Devadatta (देवदत्त) was a Buddhist monk and cousin of the Buddha who proposed stricter ascetic rules and brought about the first recorded schism in the sangha.
Devadoothan (ദേവദൂതൻ)
Devadoothan (ദേവദൂതൻ, The Heavenly Messenger) is a 2000 Malayalam musical mystery horror film by Sibi Malayil, starring Mohanlal and Jaya Prada, with music by Vidyasagar; a 2000 box-office failure that became a cult classic and a record-setting 4K re-release in 2024.
Devahita
Devahita (දේවහිත) was a brahmin of Sāvatthi known from the Devahita Sutta (SN 7.13), where he supplied the ailing Buddha with hot water and molasses and became a lifelong lay follower.
Devajit Saikia
Devajit Saikia (Devajit Lon Saikia, born 1969) is an Indian cricket administrator, Advocate General of Assam and former Assam wicketkeeper-batsman; BCCI Honorary Secretary from January 2025 (re-elected September 2025) and ICC Board Director, succeeding Jay Shah.
Devaki (देवकी)
Devaki (देवकी), also Deveki, is in Hindu Puranic tradition the wife of Vasudeva and birth mother of Krishna, whose eighth child was prophesied to kill king Kamsa.