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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1917 novel Devdas has acquired an almost mythical status in India, having been adapted for the screen a record twenty times in multiple languages since the first silent film version in 1928. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s adaptation is a sumptuously mounted romantic period drama with opulent sets, luxurious costumes, and spectacular choreography that tells the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers Devdas (Shah Rukh Khan) and Paro (Aishwarya Rai) on a grand operatic scale. Childhood sweethearts, Devdas and Paro’s plans to marry are rebuffed by Devdas’s wealthy family. In retaliation, Paro’s family arranges her marriage to an older aristocrat while a heartbroken Devdas leaves his home and descends into alcoholism, finding solace with a warm-hearted courtesan (Madhuri Dixit).

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

2002 | 185 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

WRITTEN BY: Prakash Ranjit Kapadia, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

WITH: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff