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Dev d hindi movie7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Devdas is a complex character cut in the mould of an individuated, Promethean-like Romantic-rebel figure an aristocrat at odds with the materialist legacy of his land-owning family, a lover who cannot commit, and a repressed, politically disoriented rebel who meets a tragic end of his own making. ![]() The focus of the narrative is Devdas, a scion of an aristocratic Bengali family. ![]() One of the most enduring stories of Indian cinema, both mainstream and regional, has been Devdas.* Originally a novella written by Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1917, the story of ‘Devdas’ has been adapted and reinvented across time and cultures, to suit cinematographers’ tastes and meet commercial demands. Shah Rukh Khan as DevdasCredit: Flikr / Katrin Miller ![]()
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