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- The Hand Pump Scene. Having been rejected and slut-shamed by Dev during a particularly intimate moment, Paro storms back home from the Khet, mattress in tow, humiliated and seething.
- The Brothel Pitch. Amongst Dev D's many deviations from convention was its depiction of prostitution. Kalki Koechlin's Leni has run away from home with no one to turn to, having been cast aside by all her friends and family.
- Pardesi. The "Pardesi" song sequence was as significant to the film's narrative as it was visually dazzling. It marks the start of Dev's descent into self-destruction, as he's seen knocking back a seemingly endless line of drinks at a bar brought to life with dizzying, hallucinatory visuals aimed to depict his drunken state of mind.
- The Bus Ticket Scene. Dev, drunk and wounded, stumbles into a bus and sits next to a quintessential judgemental aunty who looks at him with disgust. She begins lecturing him, saying what many in the audience are no doubt thinking at the time, that he's a pathetic wreck and he should be ashamed.
Feb 7, 2019 · Dev.D was a watershed film in depicting a flawed protagonist and female sexuality. It was an adaptation of Devdas, but with no redeeming qualities or lyricism. It also had no censorship cuts, unlike other films with similar themes.
Dec 26, 2014 · After a two-year long hiatus and a year long fight with the censor board, director Anurag Kashyap is back with an 'ugly' tale. His latest release Ugly , call it a kidnap drama, a psychological thriller or simply a display of naked human emotions and twisted psyche.
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Dev.D is a 2009 Indian Hindi -language romantic drama film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, it is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's classic Bengali novel Devdas, [3][4] previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. [5] .
Jul 1, 2021 · Films have been banned and pulled from theatres or festivals, often forcing directors to make the necessary cuts and revisions.
Jun 4, 2016 · Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap says even the slightest of alteration by the Censor Board for any film is no less than killing the creativity of the movie. Kashyap's troubles with the Censor are well-known.
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Jun 4, 2016 · The “Dev D” helmer had previously said that he would not be satisfied “even with a single” cut for “Raman Raghav 2.0”. When quizzed about the status of the film with regards to the censors, the director said, “The film will be shown as it is, intact. It has been cleared.”
