Bollywood Remembers Mukul Dev: The Characters That Defined Him

[{"selector":"#anim-c44ab45a-e799-471c-a5e3-92fc2519c051 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6a7b39f9-cd70-4c73-848e-0f0fd3e55ffe","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cb2469bf-cef5-4054-ab27-a4f5de9466f7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 152.74973%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Mukul Dev, the popular actor, died on May 23 at 54. His transition from modeling to Bollywood made a lasting mark

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[{"selector":"#anim-b93081cf-d553-4fc7-ab4c-7cfffde24e6c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, -0.0001956310691397789%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-647bb887-1093-489f-ab97-b1e0ba49913f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c51d0759-8546-4cce-939b-9f39f83b77fd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 158.22221%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":30,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Mukul acted as Shreekanth Patil in Jai Ho (2014), providing richness to the story of the movie with his intriguing performance.

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