A wealthy male starts to self-destruct after he finds that his childhood sweetheart is now his sister-in-law.
Acting
Dharmendra's tortured masculinity is peak Bollywood tragedy
Score
Laxmikant-Pyarelal songs that haunt you for days
Costume
Sharmila Tagore's sarees deserve their own billing
Director
Mohan Segal
Dharmendra
Shankar J. Rai / Bhola
Sharmila Tagore
Madhumati / Banwariya
Shashikala
Shanta M. Singh / Shanta S. Rai
Deven Verma
Suresh
Dhumal
Ram Bharose / R.B. Bosay
Durga Khote
Gopinath's Mom
Sulochana Latkar
Shakuntala M. Singh
Mumtaz Begum
Mrs. Rai
Tarun Bose
D.K. Sapru
Bela Bose
Brahm Bhardwaj
Lalita Kumari
Madhumati
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title 'Devar' literally means 'younger brother'—a cruel irony given the plot's in-law tensions.
This was Dharmendra's transition from romantic hero to 'tragic man' archetype that defined 1960s masala cinema.
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