Devdas (2013 film)
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Edited by | Atiqur Rahman Mallick |
Music by | Emon Saha |
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Distributed by | Ashirbad Chalochitra[1] |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Devdas
It is the second Bangladeshi and eighth Bengali version with this story, also first coloured Bengali language version of Devdas.[4] It is Impress Telefilm's fiftieth film and twelfth adaptation of Devdas.[5] It is the final film starring Ferdousi Ahmed Lina.[6][7] It was released on 15 February 2013 to positive response from critics, and a good opening at the box office[8][9] and Moushumi won her second National Film Award for Best Actress and Runa Laila and Sabina Yasmin jointly won their sixth and thirteenth National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer respectively at the 38th National Film Awards and Moushumi nominated for Best Actress in popular choice category at the 16th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards.[10][11][12]
Plot
Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in the Bengal Presidency in the early 20th century. Paro (Parvati) is a young woman from a middle-class Bengali family belonging to the merchant caste. The two families lived in a village in Bengal, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends. Devdas goes away for thirteen years to live and study in a boarding school in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). When, after finishing school, he returns to his village, Paro looks forward to their childhood love blossoming into their lifelong journey together in marriage. Of course, according to the prevailing social custom, Paro's parents would have to approach Devdas' parents and propose marriage of Paro to Devdas as Paro longed for. When Paro's mother makes the proposal to Devdas' mother, the latter insults her, plainly saying that the marriage is not possible in view of her own higher caste and financial status. To demonstrate her own social status, Paro's mother then finds an even richer husband for Paro. When Paro learns of her planned marriage, she stealthily meets Devdas at night, desperately believing that Devdas will quickly accept her hand in marriage. Devdas meekly seeks his parents' permission to marry Paro, but Devdas' father agrees with his wife. In a weak-minded state, Devdas then flees to Calcutta, and from there, he writes a letter to Paro, saying that they were only friends. Within days, however, he realizes that he should have been bolder. He goes back to his village and tells Paro that he is ready to do anything needed to save their love. By now, Paro's marriage plans are at an advanced stage, and she declines going back to Devdas and chides him for his cowardice and vacillation. She makes, however, one request to Devdas that he would return to her before he dies. Devdas vows to do so. Devdas goes back to Calcutta and Paro is married off to the betrothed widower with children, who is still in love with his previous wife and is therefore not interested in an amatory relationship with Paro. In Calcutta, Devdas' carousing friend, Chunnilal, introduces him to a courtesan (tawaif) named Chandramukhi. Devdas takes to heavy drinking at Chandramukhi's place, but the courtesan falls in love with him, and looks after him. His health deteriorates because of a combination of excessive drinking and despair of life a drawn-out form of suicide. Within him, he frequently compares Paro and Chandramukhi, remaining ambivalent as to whom he really loves. Sensing his fast-approaching death, Devdas returns to meet Paro to fulfill his vow. He dies at her doorstep on a dark, cold night. On hearing of the death of Devdas, Paro runs towards the door, but her family members prevent her from stepping out of the door.
Cast
- Shakib Khan as Devdas Mukherjee
- Moushumi as Chandramukhi
- Apu Biswas as Parvati
- Shahiduzzaman Selim as Chunnilal "Chunni babu"
- Shirin Bokul as Parvati's Mother
- Lina Ahmed as Devdas's Mother
- Ahmed Sharif as Devdas's Father
Production
Apu Biswas in an interview with The Daily Star said about her character Parbati in the film,
It is one of the main characters in the novel. Debdas slowly goes through self-destruction when Parbati marries another man. It was a challenge to portray the role, as the character is so well known to the audience. Pressure was also there because a very talented actress of our country had already played Parbati before me.[13]
Director
The film was supposed to be released in 2011, but due to Film Censor Board problems, it failed to do so. Subsequently, in December 2012, it got clearance from Bangladesh Film Censor Board after editing out some scenes the board had showed concern about considering public sentiment. Scenes portraying Chunilal character wearing 'coatee', usually worn on Punjabi or kurta in the Indian subcontinent, "looked like a Mujib coat" (a kind of black waist coat used by the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) to some members of the censor board and asked to cut those.[21]
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack of the film composed by Emon Saha with lyrics penned by Gazi Mazharul Anwar and Mohammad Rafiquzzaman.
Release
The film was initially planned to release on the Eid al-Fitr 2011, but was ultimately delayed due to incomplete pre-production work. Later, it was also scheduled to release on Durga Puja of the same year, though it did not release that time either.[22]
The film's premiere show was organized on February 12, 2013 at Balaka Cineworld, Dhaka on the occasion of releasing of the film.[23] It was released in 40 theaters nationwide on February 15, 2013 on the occasion of Valentine's Day. The film was released in both digital and 35mm formats. The film had its World Television Premiere on Channel i on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr 2013.[24]
Awards and nominations
National Film Awards
Year | Events | Category | Nominee | Works | Results | Ref |
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2013 | National Film Awards | Best Actress | Moushumi | Won | [25] [26] [27] | |
Best Female Playback Singer | Sabina Yasmin | "Bhalobeshe, Ekbaro Kandale Na" | ||||
Runa Laila | "Ei Jibon Dhuper Motoi Gondho Bilay" |
Meril-Prothom Alo Awards
Year | Events | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref |
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2013 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards | Best Film Actress | Moushumi | Won | [28] [29] |
Legacy
In an interview with Pricila, Apu Biswas mentioned Devdas as the best film in her career. Apu Biswas also said, "I enjoyed acting in this movie a lot. The funny thing about this movie is that I didn't have to use glycerin while doing the crying scenes here."[30]
Footnotes
- romanized: Debdās [d̪ebd̪aʃ]
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- ^ "Actress Ferdousi Ahmed Lina passes away". The Business Standard. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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- ^ সাদা-কালো-রঙিন দেবদাস - দারাশিকো'র ব্লগ (in Bengali). 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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- ^ "Apu Biswas: Becoming Parbati". The Daily Star. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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External links
- Devdas at IMDb