Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Timir BaranOriginal Music Composer
- P.C. BaruaDirector
- P.C. BaruaWriter
Cast
- P.C. BaruaDevdas
- Chandrabati DeviChandramukhi
- Jamuna BaruaParvati
- Nirmal BanerjeeCast
- K.L. SaigalCameo (guest at Chandramukhi's house)
- Krishna Chandra DeyCast
- Dinesh Ranjan DasCast
- Manoranjan BhattacharyaCast
- Amar MullickCast
- Sailen PalCast
- PrabhavatiCast
- Ahi SanyalCast
Themes
based on novel or bookalcoholismdoomed lovelost filmpartially lost film