Ace filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, who has come up with a modern twist to Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic novel Devdas, unveiled the first poster of his upcoming film 'Dass Dev'. The film stars Richa Chadha, Aditi Rao Hydari and Rahul Bhat in the lead roles, along with Anurag Kashyap, Vipin Sharma, Saurabh Shukla and Vineet Kumar Singh in pivotal roles.

The film was initially set to release on February 16 but now it will hit theatres on March 9.

Sudhir Mishra said in a press statement, "We started with one of my friend telling me why you don't do Devdas? I started working on it with a fellow writer and suddenly things started changing. I started feeling that Hamlet and Devdas were similar stories and then the Indian political situations came up and it became like a reverse journey of Devdas. I took the three characters of Devdas; Dev, Paro, and Chandramukhi. As I was working, Shakespeare intruded and I allowed him to. Ultimately, it became a film about power as it gets in the way of love. I am glad that finally my film has a release date, March 9, and all the hard work that my team has put in will be paid off."

Set in the hinterlands of India, Daasdev aims to bring some refreshing avatars and is a love saga set amid the political background of Uttar Pradesh. The film is said to follow a path "contrary to the plot of the classic novel and is a romantic thriller that talks about addiction to power and love".