Devdas (S.L. Bhansali, 2002) 1

This assignment covers the first half of the film.

Steve Spence
Updated: 13 October 2022

The Story

The novel Devdas, written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, was published in 1917. It tells the story of a love triangle that ends tragically with the death of the man, Devdas Mukherjee, who has committed a slow suicide through alcohol.

Devdas loves Parvati, a childhood friend and neighbor. Both Parvati and Chandramukhi love Devdas, but caste and class barriers prevent him from being with either of the two women.

The novel has become one of Indian cinema's most popular stories, adapted into more than a dozen films, many of which are listed on Wikipedia.

 

Devdas (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2002; IMDB)

We are studying the 2002 version starring SRK, Madhuri Dixit, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In the image below, Chandramukhi (Dixit) is on the left and Parvati (Bachchan), also called Paro, is on the right.

Devdas Love triangle

 

 

Devdas (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2002)

Timecode Scene Description
00:03:21 Opening scene
00:46:30 Sumitra Chakraborty (Parvati's mother) dances while Devdas and Parvati meet in the garden at night (Song: Morey Piya)
00:55:30 Sumitra Chakraborty (Parvati's mother) curses Kaushalya Mukherjee (Devdas's mother) and Kumud Mukherjee (Devdas's scheming sister-in-law)
01:08:27 Devdas and Chandramukhi meet in the brothel (Song: Kaahe Chhed Mohe)
01:22:12 Devdas hits Parvati
01:29:10 Sumitra gloats while Devdas sets fire to the Mukherjee house
01:31:00 Parvati's new husband tells her that he can never love her
01:32:20 End of this assignment

Example song-and-dance sequences

Two song-and-dance sequences from the film are linked in the D2L module.