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Devan (actor)

Devan Sreenivasan is an Indian film and television actor and politician. He is known for his character roles, mostly as villain, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and a few Kannada and Hindi films. He began his film career as a producer with Vellam (1985). Before its release, he turned into an actor. He made his breakthrough in the 1987 film New Delhi. He played lead roles in films like Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam (1987), Oozham (1988), Simon Peter Ninakku Vendi (1988) and Aranyakam (1988). In his later career, he mostly played prominent supporting roles, mostly as villain. His well-known such films include Vietnam Colony (1992), Ekalavyan (1993), Honest Raj (1994), Baashha (1995) and Indraprasdham (1996). Devan founded the political party Kerala People's Party in 2004. He relaunched the party as Nava Kerala People's Party in 2020, which was merged with the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) in 2021. In 2023, he was appointed as the state vice-president of BJP in Kerala. In 2026, he resigned from the party. In the same year, he joined Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam.

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Devan Sreenivasan is an Indian film and television actor and politician. He is known for his character roles, mostly as villain, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and a few Kannada and Hindi films. He began his film career as a producer with Vellam (1985). Before its release, he turned into an actor. He made his breakthrough in the 1987 film New Delhi. He played lead roles in films like Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam (1987), Oozham (1988), Simon Peter Ninakku Vendi (1988) and Aranyakam (1988). In his later career, he mostly played prominent supporting roles, mostly as villain. His well-known such films include Vietnam Colony (1992), Ekalavyan (1993), Honest Raj (1994), Baashha (1995) and Indraprasdham (1996). Devan founded the political party Kerala People's Party in 2004. He relaunched the party as Nava Kerala People's Party in 2020, which was merged with the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) in 2021. In 2023, he was appointed as the state vice-president of BJP in Kerala. In 2026, he resigned from the party. In the same year, he joined Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam.

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  1. date of death: 2019-07-12 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "2019-07-12". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376426650

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