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Devdas

0 %|Mar 30, 1935|Drama, Romance

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a prostitute. All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Today, only one copy of the film survives which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives. Of that copy almost forty percent is destroyed.

Featured Crew

Timir Baran
Original Music Composer
Sudhin Majumdar
Director of Photography
Yusuf Mulji
Director of Photography
Dilip Gupta
Director of Photography
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Novel
Krishna Chandra Dey
Playback Singer
P.C. Barua
Writer
P.C. Barua
Director