Dev Patel spotted travelling with crew on Delhi-Agra Vande Bharat train, fan says he tried to hide his identity

British actor Dev Patel was spotted aboard a train from Delhi to Agra recently. The actor is in India filming his next.

Updated on: Dec 6, 2025, 12:56:27 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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British actor Dev Patel is currently in India, apparently filming his upcoming directorial The Peasant, set in medieval India. A fan shared a picture of the actor with his crew, aboard a Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Agra. Interestingly, the fan claimed that Dev tried to hide his identity when approached.

Dev Patel was spotted aboard a train from Delhi to Agra. (Reddit)

Dev Patel spotted on a train to Agra

On Friday, a social media user shared a picture of Dev on Reddit. “Saw Dev Patel and crew in Vande Bharat today,” read the title. The picture showed Dev, dressed in a white shirt with a blue jacket, standing next to a crew member aboard the train. “I was in the Vandebharat from Delhi to Agra today, I saw Dev Patel and crew,” the poster explained in the description of the picture.

Saw Dev Patel and crew in Vandebharat today!
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The poster added that, quite hilariously, Dev tried to deny it was him when approached. “I went up to him to ask him if he’s here shooting for a film, but when I asked him, “hey, are you Dev Patel?” He just blatantly said “mmm no”, that was pretty funny lol.” Many others chuckled at the Slumdog Millionaire and Monkey Man actor’s efforts to go incognito in India. “It would be funny if OP just went to a random person and asked if they were Dev Patel,” chuckled one. However, others dismissed such notions. “That’s his friend Raghuvir Joshi with him,” argued one.

Many wondered if the actor was in India for his film The Peasant. “Do you know if this is for “The Peasant”? Looking forward to his next outing after Monkey Man, although kinda concerned as to whether they can show justice to portraying 14th-century India with multiple empires like the Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagara Empire active at the time,” asked one.

Dev Patel's film career

Dev, a British actor of Indian origin, gained fame with Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire at the age of 18. He has since worked in films like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Lion, and Hotel Mumbai. He turned director with the 2024 film, Monkey Man.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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