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Jul 12, 2018 · 4. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial has been termed India’s official entry into the Oscars. 5. Moreover, ‘Devdas’ was included in Time Magazine's top 10 movies of the millennium worldwide.
The second version of Devdas which was directed by the legendary director Bimal Roy is perhaps the most authentic adaptation of the book and does poetic justice to the essence of Devdas. Devdas, portrayed by Dilip Kumar, has been the most influential and the entire film exudes a Bengali sensibility of cinema like that of Satyajit Ray.
Perhaps the best-known version of Devdas was produced in 1955, and directed, again, by the cinematographer of Barua’s 1935 films, Bimal Roy, who had recently established himself as a notable Bombay-based director and producer working in a realist style with DO BIGHA ZAMEEN (1953).
Which version of Devdas you consider the seminal adaptation could very well depend on when and where you grew up. Of course, I bring my bias here too when I say it is the Sanjay Leela Bhansali...
At the 50th National Film Awards, the film received five awards: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Playback Singer – Female (Ghoshal), Best Production Design (Desai), Best Costume Design (Lulla, Jani, Khosla, Shariffi) and Best Choreography (Saroj Khan).
Mar 21, 2017 · 1. Devdas. Sarat Chandra’s popular novel has been adapted for cinema a record 15 times, in 7 Indian languages (Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Assamese).There have been 2 loose adaptations (Dev D and Aur Devdas), and a silent version as well(1928).
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May 27, 2022 · Bollywood. Devdas (2002) A Devdas For Every Generation. Jaymini Mistry. May 2022. Bollywood. Issue 101. Devdas is an epic semi-autobiographical Bengali novella written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The novel was written in 1901, though was not published until 1917 due to Chattopadhyay’s embarrassment over his story 1.
