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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
Devdas is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bharat Shah under his banner, Mega Bollywood. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles, with Jackie Shroff, Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, and Vijayendra Ghatge in supporting roles.
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Devdas is a household name throughout India. If someone grows a beard, they ask, Why have you become like Devdas. If someone starts drinking too much, they ask, Have you become devdas. Devdas is a Novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1917. Since then, there were many movie adaptations in many languages. Nobody loves Devdas or Nobody look...
Setting
Devdas is a young man from a wealthy family and Parvathi (Paro) is a young girl from a middle class family. Both families are Brahmins, Neighbors in a Bengali village and both are childhood friends. Devdas had to go to Calcutta for a couple of years. With some difficulty, the friends depart. Devdas returns after two years to his village for vacations. When the friends meet, they, especially, Paro realizes that their innocent friendship has grown into something different. Paro longs for Devdas...
Resolution
In this state of internal conflict, the only person with him is his friend Chunnilal. Chunnilal is a easy going guy who doesn't have principles. He indulges himself in various pleasures. Meanwhile, Paro is married to the zamindar and solves various problems in the house while sacrificing all her pleasures. Seeing his friends agony, Chunnilal offers alcohol as a medicine. Devdas eventually becomes a slave to alcohol. Chunnilal also introduces Devdas to a beautiful Courtesan called Chandramukhi...
Conflict
Paro's father manages to find a wealthier zamindar who is a widower with three children. Knowing this, Paro comes to meet Devdas secretly. Devdas is surprised by her bravery. He decides to convince his father. His father stays stubborn and rejects the proposal. Devdas is confused and leaves the village to Calcutta. In calcutta, he decides to write a letter to Paro. In that letter, he lies that he has never loved Paro and she should try to forget him. Later he realizes that he has made a mista...
The power of this story lies in
1. The four key characters - Devdas, Paro, Chunnilal and Chandramukhi. These four characters are so believable and depicts the people we meet in real life. 2. Love story - Paro and Chandramukhi loves Devdas. But, what touches the heart is the internal conflict of Devdas who is crushed between family prestige, his cowardice and love. 3. Social Pressure - This story also beautifully shows how the social customs bring distress to personal lives.
The key plot points are
1. Devdas and Paro realizing that their friendship has grown into something else. 2. Devdas writing a letter of lies to Paro which destroys the last chance of they being together. 3. Chandramukhi's introduction. 4. The inevitable climax
This story has been adopted into a movie 16 times,
1. One silent film 2. Five times in Bengali out of 2 are from Bangladeshi film industry 3. Three times in Hindi 4. Two times in Telugu 5. Two times in Urdu. Both are from Pakistani film industry 6. One time in Assamese and Malayalam 7. One modern take called Dev.D Among these adaptations, four versions stand out; P.C. Barua's 1936 Hindi version, Vedantam Raghavaiah's 1953 Telugu version, Bimal Roy's 1955 Hindi version and Sanjay Leela Bahansali's 2002 Hindi version.
D.V. Rama Krishnaon August 23, 2017: Though the Telugu version enacted by ANR was the best of all it got only 17% because not many in north could see and follow this version. If only this version were to be dubbed into Hindi many people might have appreciated ANR's acting skills as a a drunk and disappointed forlorn lover. Shashwaton March 08, 2017...
Jul 10, 2021 · Parvati, played by Suchitra Sen, loves Devdas immensely and unlike the women of those times, she isn’t afraid of society to claim her love. She puts herself out there and expects similar courage from Devdas, who turns out to be a coward in love.
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Devadasu is a 1953 Indian romantic drama film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya and produced by D. L. Narayana for Vinodha Pictures. Chakrapani wrote the script based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's novel, Devdas. C.
The rich brahmin zamindar’s devilish son Devdas and the middle-class Parvati (affectionately called Paro) are childhood playmates who declare their love just before Devdas is sent away to Calcutta (or, in the most recent version, England) for his education.
May 27, 2022 · Devdas is a tragic love story of Devdas and Parvati (known as Paro). Both from Brahmin families, Devdas and Paro are neighbours, but also childhood sweethearts. Devdas is a spoilt, mischievous, grumpy child who shows little interest in learning.
