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Gulshan Devaiah

Gulshan Devaiah

Actor · Born May 28, 1978 (48) · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Gulshan Devaiah is an Indian film actor who appears primarily in Bollywood films. Devaiah is mostly known for his roles in Shaitan, Hate Story and Hunterrr. His performance 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 28, 1978 (48)
From
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 6% in 30 days

What are Gulshan Devaiah's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
23%
Morality
23%
Survival
19%
Bonds
16%
Society
8%
Power
8%
Ideas
3%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

13 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 13 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 13
Shadow
3 of 13
Trickster
2 of 13
Ally
2 of 13
Mentor
1 of 13
Shapeshifter
1 of 13
Show the 13 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
7
Melancholic
10
Hopeful
5
Romantic
4
Other
11

How their films linger

Unsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gulshan Devaiah's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gulshan Devaiah's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.

  • Maa Inti Bangaram(2026)

    as Karuna

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Perfect Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Vishnu Karkaria

  • Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1(2025)

    as Prince Kulashekara

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Prince of Jhansi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Rajkumar

  • Ulajh(2024)

    as Nakul/Humayun

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Bad Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Karan / Arjun

  • Guns & Gulaabs(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as 4 Cut Atmaram

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • 8 A.M. Metro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Pritam

  • Dahaad(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Devilal Singh

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Blurr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Neel

  • Shiksha Mandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 9 episodes · as Aditya Rai

  • Duranga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 17 episodes · as Sammit Patel/ Abhishek Banne

  • Badhaai Do(2022)

    as Advocate Guru Narayan

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Dobara Alvida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Kunal

  • Unpaused(2020)

    as Ahan Awasti (segment "Glitch")

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Footfairy(2020)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Sleepwalkers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Jayant

  • Rudraprayag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Afsos(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Nakul

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Dibakar Banarjee - Ghost Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Girl's Father

  • Ghost Stories(2020)

    as Little Girl's Father (Dibakar Banerjee's segment)

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Commando 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Buraq

  • The Man Who Feels No Pain(2018)

    as Karate Mani, Jimmy

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Cabaret(2019)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Smoke(2018)

    Show 11 episodes · as JJ (Jairam Jha)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Kuldip Patwal: I Didn't Do It!(2017)

    as Parduman Shahpuri

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Candyflip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • A Death in the Gunj(2016)

    as Nandan "Nandu" Bakshi

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Junooniyat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Yash

  • Nayantara's Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Girish

  • Hunterrr(2015)

    as Mandar Ponkshe

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela(2013)

    as Bhavani

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Owner(2012)

    as Boy - Smoked Up Honesties

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Peddlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Ranjit D'souza

  • Hate Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Siddharth Dhanrajgir

  • That Girl in Yellow Boots(2010)

    as Chittiappa Gowda

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Shaitan(2011)

    as Karan "K.C." Chaudhary

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Dum Maaro Dum(2011)

    as Ricky

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Anarth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Golmaal Gharana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mahesh Mishra

  • Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Little Thomas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Nexus: Shadows of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Kabir Mehta

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 38 of them dated from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela (2013)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

A Death in the Gunj (2016)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Smoke (2018)

Film career

20112026

Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting43 of 43: 43 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

By decade

2010s17 · acting2020s21 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 8% of 12 roles
1116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gulshan Devaiah's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Footfairy (2020)

85th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 (2025)

Midcredits 97th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gulshan Devaiah's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles21–83 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles22–55 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles25–60 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles25–59 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gulshan Devaiah work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gulshan Devaiah's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anurag Kashyap shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers