Devdas (2002)

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Saratchandra Chatterjee (based on the novel by) (as Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay), Prakash Kapadia (screenplay)

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit

Top Rated Indian Movies #174 | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 49 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Devdas Mukherji
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Parvati 'Paro' (as Aishwarya Rai)
Madhuri Dixit	...	Chandramukhi
Jackie Shroff	...	Chunnilal
Kiron Kher	...	Sumitra
Smita Jaykar	...	Kaushalya
Tiku Talsania	...	Dharamdas
Vijayendra Ghatge	...	Bhuvan Choudhry
Milind Gunaji	...	Kalibabu
Ananya Khare	...	Kumud
Manoj Joshi	...	Dwijdas
Ava Mukherjee	...	Dev's Badima (as Ava Mukherji)
Dina Pathak	...	Badima
Vijay Crishna	...	Narayan Mukherji
Muni Jha	...	Kaka

Storyline

Devdas Mukherji is black-listed by his multi-millionaire Zamindar father, Narayan. After completing 10 years of study; Devdas return to his home-town where his family prepares to welcome him but their happiness changes when Devdas prefers to visit his childhood sweetheart, Parvati alias Paro before paying respect to his mother. After so much years Devdas finds he is still the black spot in his father's life especially when he is prevented from marrying Paro who happen to be a lower-caste girl. Eventually time passes with Paro's family arranging her marriage to a much elderly man named Bhuvan Choudhry where she is introduce to Bhuvan's children - who happen to be within her age group. This sadness not only breaks Devdas heart but confines him to alcohol in a big way. Soon Devdas starts to frequent a brothel and catches the eyes of a courtesan named Chandramukhi - step by step Devdas starts to head towards a path of self destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

love | marriage | courtesan | letter | neighbor | 

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Taglines:

A grand saga of timeless love

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu Bengali

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (India)

Also Known As:

Девдас

Filming Locations:

Aarey Colony, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 500,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$3,500,000, 31 December 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Chillies Entertainment, Mega Bollywood

Technical Specs

Runtime:

185 min 165 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paro's delicate stained-glass house was erected from November to June - safe, non-monsoon months, Bhansali reckoned. During those months, there were four unprecedented rain showers, which caused the colors in the stained glass to fade, and they had to be retouched regularly. Moreover, trolleys were used over the floors of the house, which led to a lot of chipping.

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Goofs

When Devdas meets Paro in the full moon night, while she was sleeping her black mole keeps changing position.

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Quotes

Devdas Mukherjee: Such vanity? Not even the Moon is as vain.
Parvati: How could it be? The Moon is scarred. I'm not.

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Alternate Versions

The High Definition version of the movie adds one more shot of Chandramukhi seeing Devdas leaving. The shot is of Chandramukhi standing at the Khota's doorstep with the camera slowly zooming out.

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Connections

Version of Devdas (1955)

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Soundtracks

Chalak Chalak
Written by Nusrat Badr
Composed by Ismail Darbar
Performed by Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal and Vinod Rathod
Courtesy of Universal Music India

User Reviews

Devdas 2002

The film Devdas raises a few questions ? How much liberty a film maker can be allowed ? Is it fair to change locale ? A few incidents in the film are not mentioned in the book should such incidents be allowed to be included in the film.The attributes of the charactars of story are different from one the origianal author - is it fair to to him ? Devdas of Sharadbabu id different from that of Sanjay's.Can a film maker make such substatial changes in the plot of film. Say a character is shown to be dead at the end of the story , can a filmaker show him living at the end or if A marries B in ther story can a film maker show him marrying C ?There should be some limit. To me it seems Sanjay has crossed those limits.(Maybe its my opinion ).