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| Directed by | Pramathesh Barua |
| Screenplay by | Pramathesh Barua |
| Based on | Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Produced by | New Theatres Ltd |
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| Edited by | Subodh Mitra |
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| Distributed by | Aurora Film Corporation |
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Running time | 141 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Devdas is a 1935 Bengali film directed by Pramathesh Barua and based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel, Devdas. It stars Barua as Devdas, Jamuna Barua as Parvati (Paro) and Chandrabati Devi as Chandramukhi. This was Barua's first of three language versions of the story, the second being in Hindi and the third in Assamese. The Bengali film was dubbed into Tamil and was released in 1936. K. L. Saigal sang two songs in Tamil for this film.(See Ext. links for a link.)
Sharat Chandra Chatterjee's classic novel Devdas is about two lovers - Debdas and Parbati - who can never unite as mortals because of the class system in the society. Sharat Chandra Chaterjee is believed to have been in his teens when he wrote Devdas in 1901. But it was published in 1917. This classic masterpiece sensitively criticizes the feudalistic society that prevailed.
All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed decades ago in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Currently, there is only one copy of the film which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives, of which almost 40 percent is destroyed.[2]
- ^ Sur, Ansu (1998). Bengali film directory. Nandan, Calcutta. p. 319.
- ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (3 October 2002). "Original Devdas belongs to Bangladesh". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2009.