British-Indian actor Dev Patel, who was last seen in Oscar Winning Slumdog Millionaire as a happy go lucky slum dweller. Dev Patel is all set to surprise fans with his villainous turn in M.Night Shyamalan’s Hollywood flick The Last Airbender.

Patel sports a mean and grim look in the first photo-graph released from the film which is based on the Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire.

The actor plays villain Zuko, his first major role since his debut film, where he played a lovelorn street boy searching for his lost sweetheart in Mumbai’s grim underbelly. The role was played to perfection and he won lot of hearts with this performance.

The Last Airbender is due out in theatres July 2, 2010.