Dev D
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 17:43 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Cast: Abhay Deol, Kalki, Mahi Gill, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap's romantic drama, Dev D, is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 classic novel, Devdas.

Young Devdas is the son of a taxman. Paro and Devdas have been childhood sweethearts, but differences in status and caste have acted as barriers to their relationship.

Devdas is sent off to Calcutta by his strict father, while Paro is married off to a rich but aged widower in Chandigarh.

In Calcutta, Devdas meets 16-year-old prostitute Chandramukhi, and a friendship is soon forged between these two characters. But remorse drives Devdas to unrestrained behaviour, as he takes to drugs in order to forget his first love.

Dev D breaks the typecasts of the original novel, including its principal characters. Abhay Deol plays Devdas, while debutants Mahi Gill and Kalki are Paro and Chandramukhi respectively.

Chandramukhi is known as Chanda in this modern remake, a young girl educated in London but now based in India.

Unlike director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's classic remake of Devdas, Dev D is based on a modern India where credit cards are more prominent than cash. There are also plenty of mobile phones and internet chatting, instead of telegrams.

Dev D has been scripted and directed by Anurag Kashyap, who is best known for his work in Bollywood classics Satya, Kaun, Shool, Yuva and Water.

The musical score for this film has been composed by Amit Trivedi, who was also involved with the small budget movie Aamir.

The majority of the filming for Dev D was done in Delhi and its surrounding villages, including Chandigarh and Manali. The story moves back and forth between the rustic and colourful Punjab, to the foggy and dingy lanes of Old Delhi. Some scenes were also shot in London.
Be careful before making a wish - The scary 'Wish Upon' trailer is here!

Carnival Motion Pictures releases the trailer of Annabelle Director's next Wish Upon...

Friday, December 08, 2017
Review: 'Bajirao Mastani' - A masterpiece which will leave you mesmerized

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Bajirao Mastani", based on the novel "Rau" authored by N.S. Inamdar, is a fictionalised romance...

Friday, December 18, 2015
Movie Review: 'Hate Story 3'

This film is touted as an erotic thriller... If your idea of erotica is seeing Zarine Khan in various stages...

Friday, December 04, 2015
Movie Preview: Fuddu

FUDDU, is a emotional turmoil face by a boy who has just arrived from Banaras to Mumbai city. He is disturbed to see...

Monday, September 22, 2014
Movie Preview: 'Lastbenchers'

Dipak has a fear of speaking English. Sanket is insecure about his looks. Prashant works in garage to fill his...

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT