Childhood sweethearts? Check. Society says no? Check. Someone's gonna cry in the rain.
Childhood friends Devdas and Parvati hail from different backgrounds. Devdas falls in love with Parvati, but the norms of the society do not let them be together.
Acting
Prosenjit brings devastating vulnerability to the doomed lover.
Direction
Sujit Guha channels classic Bengali romantic tragedy with modern urgency.
Director
Sujit Guha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Bengali cinema's eternal obsession—Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas template, remade endlessly since 1935.
Prosenjit played Devdas-type roles so often he became synonymous with the archetype of the suffering Bengali romantic hero.
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