Devdas is a 1936 Hindi-language Indian drama romance film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, Devdas.[1][2] Directed by Pramathesh Barua, it stars K.L. Saigal as Devdas, Jamuna Barua as Parvati (Paro) and Rajkumari as Chandramukhi. This was Barua's second of three language versions, the first being in Bengali and the third in Assamese.
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| Directed by | Pramathesh Barua |
| Screenplay by | Pramathesh Barua Kidar Nath Sharma (dialogue) |
| Based on | Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Starring | K. L. Saigal Jamuna Barua Rajkumari Sultana |
| Cinematography | Bimal Roy |
| Music by | Rai Chand Boral Pankaj Mullick Timir Baran Lyrics: Kidar Nath Sharma |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindustani |
Plot
editDevdas falls in love with Parvati, with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighbouring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Indian wife of those times. Devdas as a result takes to drinking. Chandramukhi, a dancing girl or courtesan (tawaif) he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back, saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears from her stepson Mohan, that Devdas is dead. Grief-stricken at this news, Parvati attempts to run out of her house, in order to pay a last visit to his beloved. But her husband orders the main gate to be closed, as it was a social taboo at that time, not to let women step out of the periphery of their in-laws' residence. Consequently, Paro fails to run out, trips over, and the main gate is shut in front of her. A dead Devdas is taken to the cemetery and cremated by the local people.
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See also
edit- Devdas (1935 film), Barua's Bengali version
- Devdas (1937 film), Barua's Assamese version
- Devdas (1955 film), Bimal Roy's Hindi production
- Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Bhansali's 2002 remake
- Devdas (2013 film), Bangladeshi version
References
edit- ^ "Devdas". Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2008. National Film Archive of India, nfaipune.nic.in.
- ^ "Dedas phenomenon". Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
External links
edit- Devdas at IMDb
- Full movie on Youtube (best quality online)
- Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
- Summary of Devdas films[usurped]
- Review