New Delhi, May 24 -- Before the film roles and TV fame, the late actor Mukul Dev had already made his first mark in the entertainment world - not with dialogue, but with dance.

Long before his debut on screen, Mukul's first brush with the spotlight came in a rather unexpected way. Back in Class 8, the young schoolboy stepped into the shoes - and moonwalk - of pop legend Michael Jackson for a televised dance show on Doordarshan, India's national broadcaster. It was this performance that earned him his very first pay cheque.

An early exposure to the world of entertainment was when in class 8 Mukul Dev won his first pay cheque when he impersonated Michael Jackson for a dance show organized by Doordarshan.

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