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Devdas (1936 film)
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Devdas is a 1935 film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
novella, Devdas
. Directed by P.C. Barua, it stars K.L. Saigal as Devdas and Jamuna Barua as Parvati (Paro). Of Barua's two versions, this was the popular one throughout India.
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is one of the most popular Bengali novelists and short story writers of early 20th century.- Background and writing :Sarat Chandra was born into poverty in Debanandapur, Hooghly, India...
novella, Devdas
Devdas
Devdas is a Bengali Romance novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Essentially, it is a retelling of the Krishna, Radha, and Meera myths, the relationships between its three protagonists - Devdas, Parvati, and Chandramukhi - paralleling the Hindu deities'.-Plot summary:Devdas is a young man from...
. Directed by P.C. Barua, it stars K.L. Saigal as Devdas and Jamuna Barua as Parvati (Paro). Of Barua's two versions, this was the popular one throughout India.
Plot
Devdas (K. L. Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighboring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Hindi wife. Devdas as a result takes to drink. Chandramukhi (Rajkumari), a dancing girl or 'prostitute' he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears that Devdas is dead.Cast
- Kundan Lal Saigal
- Jamuna Barua
- Rajkumari
- Pahadi Sanyal
- A. H. Shore
- Nemo
- Kshetrabala
- K. C. Dey
- Bikram Kapoor
- Kidar Sharma
- P. C. Barua
See also
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