Devdas

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas Mukherjee
• Aishwarya Rai as Parvati “Paro” Chaudhary
• Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi
• Jackie Shroff as Chunnilal
• Kirron Kher as Sumitra Chakraborty
• Smita Jaykar as Kaushalya Mukherjee
• Manoj Joshi as Dwijdas Mukherjee
• Ananya Khare as Kumud Mukherjee
• Milind Gunaji as Kalibabu
• Dina Pathak as Bhuvan’s mother
• Vijayendra Ghatge as Bhuvan Chaudhry
• Tiku Talsania as Dharamdas
• Jaya Bhattacharya as Manorama
• Sunil Rege as Neelkanth Chakraborty
• Vijay Crishna as Mr. Narayan Mukherjee
• Amardeep Jha as Kalibabu’s mother
• Apara Mehta as Badi Aapa
• Muni Jha as Kaka
• Radhika Singh as Yashomati
• Disha Vakani as Sakhi
• Ava Mukherjee as Devdas’s grandmother

Storyline:

A rich zamindar`s son falls in love with his childhood sweetheart but when his parents disapprove of their relationship, he follows a path of self-destruction and takes to drinking to numb the pain of his heartbreak.

About Movie:

Devdas is a Hindi period romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, based on the 1917 novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film features a star-studded cast, including Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas Mukherjee, Aishwarya Rai as Parvati “Paro,” and Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi. The story follows Devdas, a wealthy law graduate who returns from London to marry his childhood friend, Paro, only to face rejection from his family. This rejection leads him into a downward spiral of alcoholism and despair, ultimately seeking solace in the arms of the courtesan Chandramukhi.

Bhansali was inspired to adapt Devdas after reading the novel for a second time and announced the project in November 1999. The film’s screenplay was co-written by Bhansali and Prakash Ranjit Kapadia. Extensive research on British Raj-era architecture was conducted to create authentic sets, which were built at a cost of ₹200 million (approximately US$4.12 million). Principal photography took place from November 2000 to April 2002 in locations such as Bikaner and Film City.

Devdas premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2002, in the Out of Competition section and was released worldwide on July 12, 2002. At the time, it was the most expensive Indian film ever made, with a budget of ₹500 million (approximately US$10.29 million). While it received mixed reviews at Cannes, it was better received upon its theatrical release, becoming a major commercial success and grossing approximately ₹1.68 billion (around $35 million) worldwide.

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