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Divya Dev Pant

Actor

Divya Dev Pant, the Nepali actor known for theatre-trained screen roles, works across stage drama and contemporary Nepali films. His public credits connect an English-language theatre base with films including *Chiso Ashtray*, *Mahajatra*, *Pitambar* and *Karma*. Since 2010, Divya Dev has built much of his practice through theatre. Artist and film directories place that start with One World Theatre, while later profiles describe a stage career shaped by English-language productions and Kathmandu theatre. The plays attached to his stage work include *Hamlet*, *Anna in the Tropics*, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, *Golden Boy*, *Same Time Next Year*, *True West* and *Look Back in Anger*. Nepali-stage work such as *Transit* and *Ek Sapanako Awasan* shows a performer who kept theatre active beside film, not a screen actor returning to stage only between releases. His screen profile widened after the early-2020s run of *Chiso Ashtray*, *Hijo Aaja Ka Kura* and *Radha*. Reporting on *Chiso Ashtray* names his role as Madan and links the period to later attention around *Radha* and *Rudane*. In *Rudane*, he was attached to the role of Rup Chandra Bista, the political and social figure at the centre of the biographical project. Short-film work also appears in his public career, with *Love, Lust, Life*, *Babu*, *Shukrakit* and *Saipal* named among projects led by him. By 2024 and 2025, Divya Dev had moved into more widely seen commercial releases while continuing to draw on character-based preparation. Kantipur describes *Chiso Ashtray* and *Mahajatra* as films that helped him reach a broader audience, and reports that *Pitambar* and *Karma* made him familiar to viewers as a dangerous antagonist. The same account notes his habit of building a character's background, questioning the director and writing notes before performance. That detail matters because it connects the stage habits described in earlier theatre profiles with the darker screen parts that brought him wider recognition. The newer filmography keeps that movement visible without reducing him to one kind of role. Film directories list *Mahajatra* with an inspector credit, followed by *Aktor: Take One*, *Pitambar* and *Karma* in 2025. They also list upcoming or later credits such as *Hari Bahadur Ko Jutta*, *Baa - Ek Yoddha* and *Rudane*, while the completed public arc still lands on *Karma* (2025).