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Print ( hardback and paperback) Devdas ( Bengali: দেবদাস, transliterated as Debdās) is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden childhood love; and Chandramukhi, a reformed courtesan ( tawaif ). [1]
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- 1917
Jan 10, 2019 · Devdas, India’s most-made film based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel by the same name, is interwoven with Kalidasi’s Bhagalpur. It was here that Chattopadhyay wrote Devdas in 1901. The novel was published in 1917. The people of Bhagalpur, particularly old timers, still claim that the characters in Devdas were real, and lived in ...
Jul 12, 2022 · Devdas walked right into the trappings of this expectation. It used a classic love story (India’s own Romeo and Juliet if you will) and placed India’s biggest romantic male sensation and deconstructed his super-star persona to bring to life the character of an obsessed, self-destructive lover figure.
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Jul 12, 2018 · The film is based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel from the early 90s, ‘Devdas’ and is touted as an adaptation of the classic love tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’. 2.
Jul 12, 2017 · As the mega movie completes 15 years, we bring to you 15 lesser known facts about 'Devdas': The role of Devdas was first offered to Salman Khan, but he declined and thus, the role eventually went to Shah Rukh Khan. Undoubtedly, Shah Rukh gave one of his career's best performance in Devdas and took home Filmfare Best Actor Award in 2002. The ...
Jul 10, 2021 · Devdas is based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel but the film was adapted for the screen by Nabendhu Ghosh. In many old interviews, Ghosh had shared that the film’s team wanted Meena Kumari as Paro and Nargis as Chandramukhi but after many casting changes, they landed on Sen and Vyjayanthimala for the two roles.
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Dec 24, 2014 · DEVDAS is a poignant tale of eternal love and its joys and agonies, an alluring stream of primordial longing for togetherness, a craving for union with the unknown, and a propensity to suffer and perish. Ever since its birth, the novel has had numerous incarnations in translation and cinema and, above all, in the popular imagination of millions.
