Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1937


Devdas (1937 film)

Buy Devdas (1937 film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Devdas' is a 1937 Assamese film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, 'Devdas'. Directed by Pramathesh Barua, it stars Phani Sarma as Devdas, Mohini as Chandramukhi, and Zubeida as Paro. The songs were playbacked by Shamshad Begum and Bhupen Hazarika. This was Barua's last of three language versions, the first being in Bengali and the second in Hindi.

Plot summary



The childhood friendship of Devdas (Phani Sarma) (who is from a wealthy family) and Paro (Zubeida) (whose family is not as well off) blossoms into love as they grow up. Devdas' father does not approve of the relationship due to differences in their families' status in the village and of their castes. (Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste.)

Devdas realizes he cannot live without Paro and seeks her out, but she has already been married off to an older man with children. Devdas falls into despair and drinks to excess; then he meets a courtesan, Chandramukhi (Mohini), who falls in love with him and looks after him. During his alcohol-instilled dreams, he frequently dreams of Paro and Chandramukhi. The two women replace each other in his dreams, so it is left unclear, if, in the end, Devdas overcomes his love for Paro and finds some peace by falling in love with Chandramukhi. Devdas returns to meet Paro, but dies at her doorstep before seeing her.

Cast



* Phani Sarma as Devdas (Debdax)

* Zubeida as Paro

* Mohini as Chandramukhi

See also



* Devdas (1935 film) - Barua's Bengali version

* Devdas (1936 film) - Barua's Hindi version

References



Category:1937 films

Category:Films directed by Pramathesh Barua

Category:Devdas films

Category:Films set in Kolkata

Category:1930s Assamese-language films

Category:Films about courtesans in India

Category:Films based on Indian novels


Buy Devdas (1937 film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1937



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1108182394.