The two families lived in a village, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends.ĭevdas goes away for some years to live and study in a boarding school in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Paro, alias Parvati is a young woman from a middle-class Bengali Brahmin family, but belonging to a slightly lower status in terms of caste, affluence, and status. Set against the backdrop of rural Bengal during feudal times, Devdas is a young man from a Minor Zamindar Bengali family in India in the early 1900s. The particular version of Devdas is considered to be the best-known and finest rendering of the novel. The subsequent popularity of the film made the role essayed by Kumar amongst his most famous. Although Devdas was a moderate success at box-office when initially released, partly due to its heavy theme and release of several Kumar's films around the same time such as Azaad (1955), Uran Khatola (1955), and Insaniyat (1955), it found greater success in re-releases in subsequent years up till 1980s. Forbes included Kumar's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". The film was also noted for its cinematography and lighting under Kamal Bose, that enhanced the emotional torment of the tight-lipped protagonist played by Dilip Kumar. Devdas was also ranked at #2 on University of Iowa's List of Top 10 Bollywood Films by Corey K.
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In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Murad, Pratima Devi, Iftekhar, Shivraj were playing other significant roles along with Pran, Johnny Walker in extended cameo appearances. It starred Dilip Kumar in the titular role, Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati "Paro", Vyjayanthimala in her first dramatic role where she played courtesan named Chandramukhi. Devdas is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas.