Dev is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic action-adventure film written and directed by Rajath Ravishankar on his directorial debut.

[4][5] Harris Jayaraj has been roped into score music for the film while cinematography is handled by R. Velraj and editing is done by Anthony L.

[1] Dev Ramalingam, whose family lives and owns a business in India, is a wealthy, adventure-loving young man who pursues new adventures.

He feels that once Dev is busy with a full-time job or at least an active love life, he might not be keen on bothering him anymore.

Vicky engages in hot pursuit of potential girlfriends for Dev and comes across Meghna Padmavati, who lives in the United States and is the CEO for a San Francisco startup.

He tries to woo her, but Meghna finds it challenging to trust men due to the childhood trauma she experienced when her parents divorced, leaving her and her mother, Padmavati, to fend for themselves.

The film titled Dev was announced by debutant Rajath Ravishankar who previously served as the assistant of Anurag Kashyap, as his maiden directorial project in March 2018 and it was revealed that Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh would play the lead roles in the film, for the second time, after Theeran Adhigaram Ondru.

[18][19] The scenes of the film were extensively shot in areas such as Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kullu, Manali, Himalayas, Gulmarg, Ukraine and Carpathian Mountains.

[21] The climax portions of the film were revealed to have shot in a place called Sisu in the Himalayas mountain range.

The film's soundtrack and the score are composed by Harris Jayaraj, who is collaborating with actor Karthi and director Rajath for the first time.

[27][28] The song was rendered Hariharan, Tippu, Bharath Sundar, Arjun Chandy, Krish, Christopher Stanley and Sharanya Gopinath have lent their vocals, and the lyrics were penned by Thamarai.

The song, which is well packaged with peppy and trendy music, is heavily inspired by the tune of the 1983 Michael Jackson hit-single "Billie Jean", with the beats and the chorus sounding similar.

[32] The soundtrack of the film's dubbed Telugu version was released on 9 February 2019, at a pre-release event held at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad.

"[34] All lyrics are written by ChandraboseThe film was earlier scheduled to have its theatrical release on 21 December 2018 on the eve of Christmas, and later rescheduled to 11 January 2019 post Thai Pongal but it was postponed, due to a tight race at the box office.

Soumya Rajendran from The News Minute rated 1 out of 5 stars, stating that "This is a never-ending love saga that resembles a javvu mittai, but isn't half as pleasant as eating one.

"[38] Srinivasa Ramanujam from The Hindu reviewed it "A film that thinks colourful clothes and pretty locations can make up for the lack of a solid storyline.

"[40] Behindwoods rated the film 2.25 out of 5 and stated: "Karthi's Dev is a visual delight with a few good moments, but could have been better with an engaging treatment.

"[41] Gauthaman Bhaskaran of News18 rated 1.5 out of 5 and stated: "Ravishankar's movie is a breezy effort that gets swept off its feet in a blinding blizzard on the icy Himalayas or in the chaotic roads of Chennai.