The well-educated Devdas becomes an alcoholic when the love of his life and childhood friend, Paro, marries someone else.
Devdas is a two-decade-old (2002) Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by the maestro of period drama directorial, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and produced by Bharat Shah under his banner, Mega Bollywood. It casts Shah Rukh Khan , Aishwarya Rai, last seen in Ponniyin Selvan-1 , and Madhuri Dixit as protagonists, with Jackie Shroff, Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, and Vijayendra Ghatge in auxiliary roles.
Overview of the Devdas Movie
Directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Written by
Prakash Ranjit Kapadia & Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Based on
Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced by
Bharat Shah
Starring
Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai & Madhuri Dixit
Narrated by
Shah Rukh Khan
Cinematography
Binod Pradhan
Edited by
Bela Sehgal
Songs
Ismail Darbar & Birju Maharaj
Score
Monty Sharma
Production company
Mega Bollywood
Distributed by
Eros International
Release dates
23 May 2002 (Cannes Film Festival)12 July 2002 (India)
Running time
174 minutes
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹500 million
Box office
₹1 billion
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The Storyline of the Devdas Movie Devdas is based on the classic 1917 novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film revolves around the story of Devdas Mukherjee (portrayed by Shah Rukh Khan), an affluent law pass-out who makes a return from London with an ambition to marry his childhood friend, Parvati “Paro” (portrayed by Aishwarya Rai).
However, the refutation of their connubial by his own family sparks his descent into severe alcoholism, ultimately leading to his emotional deterioration and his seeking refuge with the golden-hearted courtesan Chandramukhi (played by Madhuri Dixit).
After his well-heeled family prohibits him from marrying the woman of his dreams, Devdas Mukherjee’s life spirals further and further out of control to a point where it blows out of proportion as he falls into the murky waters of alcohol abuse and a life of depravity to numb the stinging pain.
Devdas Mukherji is black-listed by his multi-millionaire Zamindar father, Narayan. After completing a decade year of higher education, Devdas decides to answer the call of his homecoming to his hometown where his family prepares to welcome him, but their happiness precipitates to ashes when Devdas prefers to visit the childhood love of his life, Parvati alias Paro, before paying reverence to his mother.
Even after all these years, Devdas discovers he still is a disgrace in his father’s eyes, especially when he is not permitted to marry Paro, who is shown as a woman of the “lower cast”. As time passes by Paro’s family arranges for her marriage to a much older man, Bhuvan Choudhry (played by Vijayendra Ghatge), whose children astonishingly are in her age group.
Doing what this call would do, the dismay not only breaks Devdas’ heart but confines him to alcohol in a big way. Shortly Devdas starts to pay visits to a brothel and grabs the attention of a prostitute named Chandramukhi. Slowly and gradually, Devdas treads ahead on the path of self-destruction.
Star Cast Details of the Devdas Movie
Actors
Characters
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Shah Rukh Khan
Devdas Mukherji
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Parvati ‘Paro’
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Madhuri Dixit
Chandramukhi
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Jackie Shroff
Chunnilal
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Kirron Kher
Sumitra
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Smita Jaykar
Kaushalya
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Tiku Talsania
Dharamdas
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Vijayendra Ghatge
Bhuvan Choudhry
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Where to Watch the Devdas Movie in HD The film is streaming on the Amazon Prime Video and can be watched there with a subscription. However, there are various torrent sites like HDMovies2 , SSR Movies , Isaimini , Filmymeet , and Movie4me from where the movie can be downloaded and streamed for free.
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