Dev.D (2009)

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Saratchandra Chatterjee (novel)
Abhay Deol (concept)

Release Date:

6 February 2009 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Get Ready for Emotional Atyachar

Plot:

Dev who, after spurning Paro's love due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and vodka for solace. Paro moves on but Dev still is in remorse...

Plot Keywords:

Self Destruction | Prostitute | Vodka | Cocaine Snorting | Phone Sex

Cast

Dibyendu Bhattacharya	...	Chunni
Abhay Deol	...	Dev
Mahie Gill	...	Paro
Kalki Koechlin	...	Chanda
Parakh Madan	...	Rasika

Also Known As:

Dev D (India: Hindi title) (working title)

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Punjabi | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A

Filming Locations:

Chandigarh, Punjab, India

Company:

UTV Spotboy

Trivia:

Dev.D was going to mark the debut of Amit Trivedi as a music director but due to various reasons Dev.D took time in getting finished and released and by that time Aamir (2008) got released which eventually became his debut as a composer. Anurag Kashyap had actually recommended Amit Trivedi to Raj Kumar Gupta for Aamir.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dev and Chunni meet for the first time in Dev's hotel, Dev asks the receptionist his room keys which he had submitted. Later in the movie, when Paro summons the hotel's bellboy while cleaning Dev's room, he reports that Dev never submits the key.

Movie Connections:

References Devdas (2002/I)

A riveting DevD(as) with a quench for more than his morbid soul

Let me helm AK as the new czar of motion picture extravaganza ...

With a conforming applaud to the concept visualization by Abhay Deol himself , AK and co-writer Vikramaditya Motwane concoct a tale foretold adding the backdrop and zing of contemporary Ludhiana , Delhi !

The beauty of narrative is that it doesn't speak in dialogs but rather gratifies on the senses of the viewer . The editing is brisk and is noteworthy of its nuances to help add the necessary twists in the plot.Fresh music with loads of it helps to contemplate the emotions of the protagonist.

It isn't banal or prudish ..the dialogs are witty and minimalist !

For those who have watched the archaic DevDas , it's overwhelming to match "loosely based original characters " to our new era real life DevD( trying to empower his childhood love or trying to understand what love really is ), Paro ( Very Indian but yet liberating and sexually charged and also at par with the ultimate Indian "aadarsh" Bahu agnostics ) , Chandramukhi ( A thumbs up to the Sex industry which preaches what the whole world tries to echo in darkness and unlike the world which then raises fingers of indignation and loathe - CMon India did preach Kamasutra long back )not to forget Chunni( an amiable friend but a pimp of the sorts ).

The ensemble has done a worthy job . Newcomer : Mahie Gill easily transitions from a vulnerable lover girl to a mature responsible lady , Kalki Koechlin epitomizes the naiveness of a teenage girl whose social stigmata con-volutes her essence of life into an awry ordeal which she readily accepts and moralizes as a state of "Trying to move on .." And Abhay ( I read him being at someplace learning Wood Carving during the release of this movie ) - ( is purely a treat to watch ..the way he triumphs in being a sole loser who worships Vodka and doesn't chastise himself rather acclimatizes himself to the corner of the world called "SELF" -- the virility shown by his hairy bod -- a pungent antonym to chest waxed embellishments -- 10 kg's lost for this role -- shows the kind of efforts put on screen )

All of this with a maverick Director's surreal vision ( trademarks being his liking for water and snow .. he uses them as props and landscaper's to unearth the beauty of the far .. No Smoking had loads of it) is a cinematic milestone in itself ...

If your above 18 then go with a heart of redemption, lust , despair striving to the ultimate nemesis with oneself --- you shall be a winner !!!