Dev D

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name = Dev D


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director = Anurag Kashyap
producer = Ronnie Screwvala
writer = Anurag Kashyap
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starring = Abhay Deol
Kalki
Mahi Gill
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
music = |Amit Trivedi
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distributor = UTV Motion Pictures
UTV Spot Boy
released = December 19 2008
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country = India
language = Hindi
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"Dev D" is a 2008 Romantic Drama film written and directed Anurag Kashyap as a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic novel Devdas. [ [http://passionforcinema.com/trying-to-make-my-film-in-the-big-bad-bollywood-devd-and-others/ Passionforcinema.com] , July 9 2007, Anurag Kashyap inteview] [ [http://www.hollywood.com/MovieList/pc/SpotBoy+Motion+Pictures/SORT/B Hollywood.com] , "Movies from SpotBoy Motion Pictures"]

Production

The film was conceived by Abhay Deol, and then worked upon by Kashyap. United Television (UTV) (UTV) Motion pictures started a production arm called UTV Spot Boy to make small to medium budget films. [ [http://www.bollywoodsargam.com/hollywood_news.php?newsstory=731745866--0-latest-UTV_signs_up_Benegal_Kashyap_for_concept_films_hollywood_news.html Bollywoodsargam.com] , October 17 2007, "UTV signs up Benegal Kashyap for concept films"] [ [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2007/10/16/10251/index.html Bollywoodhungama.com] , "Spotboy ties up with Benegal and Kashyap"] [ [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=4adc1654-50d9-4466-ba46-97e1da91cc73&MatchID1=4772&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=10&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1206&PrimaryID=4772&Headline=UTV+signs+up+Benegal%2c+Kashyap+for+'concept'+films&strParent=strParentID Hindustantimes.com] , October 17 2007, "UTV signs up Benegal, Kashyap for 'concept' films"] "Dev D" is the first film to be made by this company. [ [http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Dev-D/summary-38799.html In.Movies.yahoo.com] ,"UTV SPOT BOY"] [ [http://www.movietalkies.com/artists/index.asp?ArtistId=59926 Mpvietalkies.com] , UTV Spot Boy]

Development

Anurag Kashyap did not want to do another remake of any the 9 previous films versions titled Devdas. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238936/movieconnections IMDB] list of previously made versions] ] [http://passionforcinema.com/trying-to-make-my-film-in-the-big-bad-bollywood-devd-and-others/ Passionforcinema.com] , July 9 2007, Anurag Kashyap interviw] His version was created as a modern take on the 1917 original classic novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Kashap decided he wanted to make his own version of Devdas to reflect the original novel but through 2008 mores, with the lead character of Dedas as a debauching, hypocritcal sensualist, who is self destructive without knowing he is destroying himself. [ [http://www.masala.com/2093-new-age-devdas Masala.com] , "Anurag Kashyap is keen on making his adaptation of Devdas as modern as it can get"]

Initial delays

After the box office disaster of Kashyap's No Smoking, it was rumoured that United Television (UTV) had backed out of the director's next project, "Dev D", starring Abhay Deol. But according to sources, UTV had signed Abhay for three projects and the actor had blocked dates from November 2007 to March 2008 for Kashyap's film, as the idea was to wrap up the film in one schedule. When the film hit initial snags and was stalled, it was rumoured that UTV had backed out. [ [http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/12990/UTV-Backs-Out-Of-Dev-D.html In.movies.yahoo] , November 17 2007, "UTV Backs Out Of Dev D?"] At that time, the director denied that UTV had backed out. He explained the delay by saying that he would be able to work on the film once work on the earlier film Hanuman Returns had finished. He said that he was still looking out for his Chandramukhi, and so far had locked in Abhay and newcomer Mahi Gill. [ [http://www.buzz18.com/news/movies/its-official-ambikaanurag-split/36731/0 Buzz18.com] , February 1 2008, "It's official: Ambika-Anurag splitAnurag's film will be now produced by Spotboy, a sister concern of UTV"]

Plot

Devdas (Abhay Deol) is the son of a zamindar (tax collector). He and Paro {Mahi Gill) are childhood sweethearts. Differences in status and caste prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent to Calcutta while Paro is married off to a rich but aged widower. In Calcutta Devdas meets the prostitute Chandramukhi (Kalki) but remorse drives him to excesses. [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/451513/Dev-D/overview Movies.nytime.com] , Overview: Dev D (2008)]

Music

"Dev D" boasts 15 tracks by artist Amit Trivedi, who says it "would be the ‘Baap of different genres’ with each track sounding distinctively from the other." He specifically reports that there are two special Punjabi tracks, one which is raw Punjabi and the other with a street band baaja flavor to it. He also reports a romantic Rajasthani folk track, apart from a hard rock song, world music, an Awadhi number and a song with 1970’s-80’s pop touch to it. [ [http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/amit-trivedi-compose-utv-spot-boys-next-two-films Radioandmusic.com] , September 5 2008, "Amit Trivedi to compose for UTV Spot Boy's next two films"] [ [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jul/21amit.htm Rediff.com] , July 21 2008, "Making music, from Aamir to Dev D"]

Cast

* Abhay Deol as Devdas
* Kalki as Chandramukhi
* Mahi Gill as Paro
* Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Chunilal

References

External links

* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/02/23/10946/index.html Bollywoodhungama] , February 23 2008, "Anurag Kashyap finds his heroines for Dev.D"
* [http://mastgupshup.blogspot.com/2008/02/dev-our.html Mastgupshup.blogspot.com] , February 23, 2008, "Anurag Kashyap reveals his Paro and Chandramukhi for Dev.D, the modern version of Devdas"
* [http://passionforcinema.com/first-day-of-devd/ Passionforcinema] , February 27 2008, Honhaar Goonda: "First Day of Dev.D"
* [http://www.voiceofindia.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=443&Itemid=77 Voiceofindia.com] , March 1 2008, "Devdas is now Dev.D"
* [http://passionforcinema.com/trying-to-make-my-film-in-the-big-bad-bollywood-devd-and-others/ Passionforcinema.com] , July 9 2007, interview with Anurag Kashyap
* [http://www.masala.com/2093-new-age-devdas Masala.com] , September 6 2008, "New Age Devdas"
* [http://www.film.com/movies/dev-d/22075314 Film.com}, cast/crew information
* [http://movies.zap2it.com/movies/dev-d/186885/256060 Movies.zap2it.com] , release date
* [http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=8718631&nav=menu24_6_12_12 wbay.com] , release date