Devdas (2002/I)

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Saratchandra Chatterjee (based on the novel by)
Prakash Kapadia (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 July 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Tagline:

A grand saga of timeless love

Plot:

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Marriage | Courtesan | Wealthy Family | Alcoholism

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 44 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Shah Rukh Khan	...	Devdas Mukherji
Madhuri Dixit	...	Chandramukhi
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Parvati ('Paro') (as Aishwarya Rai)
Jackie Shroff	...	Chunnilal
Kiron Kher	...	Sumitra
Smita Jaykar	...	Kaushalya
Tiku Talsania	...	Dharamdas
Vijayendra Ghatge	...	Bhuvan Choudhry
Milind Gunaji	...	Kalibabu
Ananya Khare	...	Kumud
Manoj Joshi	...	Dwijdas
Ava Mukherjee	...	Dev's Badima (as Ava Mukherji)
Dina Pathak	...	Badima
Vijay Crishna	...	Narayan Mukherji
Muni Jha	...	Kaka
Sunil Rege	...	Neelkant
Jaya Bhattacharya	...	Manorama
Apara Mehta	...	Badi Aapa
Mohit	...	Young Devdas (as Mohit Makkad)
Bansaree Madhani	...	Young Paro (as Bansree Madhani)
Kapil Soni	...	Mehendra
Radhika Singh	...	Yashomati (as Rashika Pratap Singh)
Amardeep Jha	...	Yashomati's Mother-In-Law
Aksha	...	Kalika (as Aksha Paradsany)
Gargi Patel	...	Kaki
Neha Pendse	...	Chaurangi
Disha Vakani	...	Sakhi 1
Mona Parekh	...	Sakhi 2
Vallabh Gada	...	Munimji
Atul Vyas	...	Panditji
Raja Kapse	...	Doctor
Heera Singh	...	Baggi Driver (as Hira)

Directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writing credits
Saratchandra Chatterjee		(based on the novel by) (as Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay)
Prakash Kapadia		(screenplay) and
Sanjay Leela Bhansali		(screenplay)
Prakash Kapadia		(dialogue)

Produced by
Gajendra Mishra	....	executive producer
Mohan Nayyar	....	executive producer
Bharat S. Shah	....	producer (as Bharat Shah)

Original Music by
Ismail Darbar
Monty Sharma		(as Monty)

Cinematography by
Binod Pradhan

Film Editing by
Bela Segal

Casting by
Suguna Sundaram

Production Design by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Costume Design by
Abu Jani
Sandeep Khosla
Neeta Lulla
Reza Shariffi

Makeup Department
Surendra Dubey	....	makeup artist: Vijayendra Ghatge
Feroz	....	makeup artist: Smita Jayakar
Shaileja Gaikwad	....	hair stylist
Ravi Indulkar	....	makeup artist: Shahrukh Khan
Geeta Jadav	....	hair stylist
Jenny	....	hair stylist: Smita Jayakar
Atul Kadam	....	makeup artist: Kiron Kher (as Atul)
Fatima Kahn	....	hair stylist
Lata	....	hair stylist
Bhagya Laxmi	....	hair stylist: Aishwarya Rai (as Bhagyalaxmi)
Mala	....	hair stylist: Dina Pathak
Pradeep Mohate	....	makeup artist: Aishwarya Rai (as Pradeep Nohate)
Arun Pillai	....	makeup artist
Prasad	....	makeup artist
Sameer Roy	....	makeup artist (as Sameer)
Shahida Shaikh	....	hair stylist: Madhuri Dixit (as Shahida)
Sharad	....	makeup artist: Milind Gunaji
Shashi	....	makeup artist: Jackie Shroff
Vijay Shikare	....	makeup artist
Susan	....	hair stylist: Aishwarya Rai
Jaywant Thakre	....	makeup artist: Madguri Dixit
Wasim	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Azim Shaikh	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nishat Amber	....	chief assistant director (as Amber Lal)
Raj Ashraf	....	assistant director
Rohit Dheeraj	....	assistant director
Sid Jayakar	....	trainee assistant director
Amber Lall	....	chief assistant director
Sangeeta Manu	....	assistant director
Vikramaditya Motwane	....	associate director
Rashika Pradeep	....	chief assistant director (as Rashika Pratap Singh)
Vatsala Sikandar	....	chief assistant director (as Vatsala Tyagi)
Amit Suhas	....	assistant director
Ranjeet Gupta	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Dheeraj Akolkar	....	art assistant
Dinkar Balal	....	art assistant (as Dinkar Ballal)
Kuntal Joshi	....	art assistant
Eknath Kadam	....	art assistant
Nitin Kulkarni	....	art assistant
Tapan Roy	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Vikram Biswas	....	sound effects editor: Aradhana Sound Services
Jitendra Chaudhary	....	sound recordist
Sajjan Choudhary	....	sound effects editor: Aradhana Sound Services (as Sajaan Choudhry)
Leslie Fernandes	....	sound mixing engineer
Baylon Fonseca	....	DTS mix engineer
Kunal Mehta	....	dubbing matching
Vikramaditya Motwane	....	sound designer
Arvind Rathod	....	sound assistant
Joe Rodrigues	....	re-recording assistant (as Joseph Rodrigues)
Kunal Sharma	....	sound designer
Karnail Singh	....	sound effects editor: Aradhana Sound Services
Vasant	....	sound assistant (as Basant)
Jayant Haldar	....	assistant mixing engineer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Avishkar Dahiya	....	president
Tarn Fox	....	digital compositor
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor
Craig A. Mumma	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Naveen	....	digital compositor
Kondareddy Suresh	....	compositor
Jonah Loop	....	visual effects consultant (uncredited)
Robert Rossello	....	main title designer (uncredited)

Stunts
Panduran Chavhan	....	action assistant (as Pandu)
Shyam Kaushal	....	action director
Pali	....	action assistant
Riyaz	....	action assistant
Heera Singh	....	action assistant (as Hira)

Camera and Electrical Department
Daud Ali	....	camera assistant
Usman Ali	....	company lightman (as Usman)
Anthony	....	stock incharge
Ashok	....	company electrician
Mahendra Boricha	....	camera assistant
Chabiprakash	....	company electrician
Tara Chand	....	light boy
Farrokh Chothia	....	still photographer: publicity
M.R. Chowdery	....	camera attendant
Alex D'Cunha	....	crane boy
Vinod Deshpande	....	still photographer: continuity
Debpriya Dutta	....	camera assistant
Salvedore Fernandes	....	light boy
Ashok Gaikwad	....	spot boy
Pramod Gaikwad	....	chief assistant camera operator
Rakesh Ghai	....	light boy
Madan Kumar Gupta	....	spot boy
Iqbal	....	camera operator: rostrum camera
Atul Kasbekar	....	still photographer: publicity
Hasan Khan	....	chief assistant camera operator
Raju Khan	....	jimmy jib operator
Krishna	....	company lightman
Kumar	....	spot boy
Ishika Mohan	....	additional still photographer
Mukesh	....	company lightman
Mukesh	....	spot boy
Bappi Mukherji	....	light boy
Nagre	....	spot boy
Raju Naidu	....	light boy
Narayan	....	spot boy
Satya Narayan	....	camera attendant
Rakesh Pandey	....	spot boy
Prashant Pednekar	....	first assistant camera
Promod Pradhan	....	camera operator: second unit (as Pramod Pradhan)
Prakash	....	jimmy jib operator
Sunita Radia	....	camera assistant
Raja	....	camera assistant
Digamber Rajapurkar	....	spot boy (as Digambar)
Nitin Rao	....	Steadicam operator
Ratna	....	trolley boy
Ashok Salian	....	still photographer: publicity
Subi Samuel	....	still photographer: publicity
Sanjay	....	company lightman
H.R. Saralaya	....	camera attendant
Satish	....	trolley boy
Sujit Sen	....	Steadicam operator
Shankar	....	trolley boy
Akbar Ali Sheikh	....	crane boy (as Akbar Shaikh)
Mahendra Shetty	....	camera assistant
Shivkumar	....	spot boy
Shridhar	....	camera assistant
Sunil	....	Steadicam operator (as Suniel)
Suresh	....	camera assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ramkrishna Gaddam	....	costumer: men
Maqbool Shaikh	....	costumer: men
Rajkumar Yadav	....	costumer: men

Editorial Department
Avijit Mitra	....	promo editor
K.N. Nayak	....	color corrector: Adlabs
Prakash Prabhu	....	color corrector: Adlabs
Tirupathi Reddy	....	editing assistant (as Tirupati Reddy)
Amit Shetty	....	negative cutter: Adlabs
Amitabh Shukla	....	promo editor

Music Department
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	background music recordist: Spectral Harmony
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	music engineer (as Biswadeep Chatterjee)
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	song mixer: Spectral Harmony
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	song recordist: Spectral Harmony (as Biswadeep Chatterjee)
Madhuri Dixit	....	playback singer
Tanay Gajjar	....	song recordist: Ava
Shreya Ghoshal	....	playback singer
Parthiv Gohil	....	musicial: singer, background music
Zoheb Husain	....	background music assistant
Kay Kay	....	playback singer (as K.K.)
Kavita Krishnamurthy	....	playback singer
Irkramuddin Lochnoor	....	song recording assistant: Spectral Harmony
Birju Maharaj	....	playback singer (as Pandit Birju Maharaju)
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Ameya Nare	....	background music assistant
Jaspinder Narula	....	playback singer
Avinash Oak	....	song recording assistant: Western Out Door
Prakash Patel	....	music arranger
Yogesh Pradhan	....	music arranger
Taufiq Qureshi	....	musician: background music, rhythm
Vinod Rathod	....	playback singer
Aamir Shaikh	....	song recording assistant: Spectral Harmony
Daman Sood	....	song recordist: Western Out-Door
Tenny	....	background music recordist: Spectral Harmony (as Abhijit Roy)
Vasu	....	song recordist assistant: Ava

Other crew
Dheeraj Akolkar	....	direction assistant
Salim Ali	....	assistant: Aishwarya Rai
Anand	....	assistant: Milind Gunaji
Anil	....	assistant: Smita Jayakar
Baba	....	production staff: Bikaner
Suvonkar Baneerjee	....	direction assistant
H. Banerjee	....	subtitler
Sikander Berry	....	direction assistant (as Sikander Berry Kher)
Vijay Bhalekar	....	title designer
Jitendra Bhatt	....	nagra attendant
Sandeep Bhosale	....	security department
S. Biyani	....	consultant: finance and tax
Rohit Singh Chauhan	....	direction assistant
Pradeep Choudhary	....	direction assistant
David	....	assistant: Jackie Sheroff
Sangeeta Gala	....	direction assistant
Manu Gautam	....	direction assistant
Shibani Ghosh	....	direction assistant
Amit Gupta	....	direction assistant
Harish	....	nagra attendant
Suhas Jahagirdar	....	direction assistant
Sid Jayakar	....	direction assistant (as Siddarth Jayakar)
Sanjay Jha	....	production assistant
John	....	assistant: Ananya Khare
Kamlesh	....	production staff: Bikaner
Pramod Karade	....	choreography assistant: Vaibhavi Merchant
Ashraf Khan	....	direction assistant
Saroj Khan	....	choreographer
Shabina Khan	....	choreography assistant: Saroj Khan (as Shabana Khan)
D. 'Mama' Khirade	....	security department
Marc Kolbe	....	title designer: Digital Art Media (as Mark Kolbe)
Krishna	....	assistant: Madhuri Dixit
Vijay Kumar	....	consultant: finance and tax
Nishat Laljee	....	direction assistant
Birju Maharaj	....	choreographer (as Pandit Birju Maharaj)
Malu	....	choreographer (as Pappu-Malu)
Santosh Mandal	....	assistant: Kiron Kher
Siddarth Marathe	....	title designer
Peter Martis	....	public relations officer
Vaibhavi Merchant	....	choreographer
D.K. Mishra	....	nagra attendant
Santosh Mishra	....	production assistant
Munni	....	choreography assistant: Saroj Khan
Himanshu Nanda	....	publicity designer
Rahul Nanda	....	publicity designer
Rakita Nanda	....	web site designer
Manoj Panchal	....	assistant: Vijayndra Ghatge
Devraj Panda	....	production assistant
Johnson Perera	....	security department
Binay Pradhan	....	direction assistant
Furqan Qureshi	....	steam train coordinator
Raju	....	choreography assistant: Saroj Khan
Zameer Rizvi	....	nagra attendant
Ruby	....	choreography assistant: Pappu-Malu
Sagar	....	choreography assistant: Pappu-Malu
Bhawar Sharma	....	production staff: Bikaner
Shashwati	....	choreography assistant: Pandit Birju Maharaj
Raju Shinde	....	security department
Santosh Singh	....	production assistant
Subhash	....	assistant: Shahrukh Khan
Sumit Upadhyay	....	production assistant
Abhishek Verma	....	direction assistant
Rashmi Verma	....	choreography assistant: Vaibhavi Merchant
Shekhar Verma	....	consultant: finance and tax
Vithal	....	security department
Baba Yadav	....	assistant choreographer (as Baba)
Rajnath Yadav	....	production assistant

Thanks
P.C. Barua	....	a tribute to the genius of
Navin Bhansali	....	dedicatee
Saratchandra Chatterjee	....	a tribute to the genius of (as Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay)
Rituparno Ghosh	....	acknowledgment
Debajyoti Mishra	....	acknowledgment
Sourindramohan Mukherjee	....	acknowledgment
Bimal Roy	....	a tribute to the genius of

Production Companies

• Mega Bollywood

Distributors

• Eros International (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• DAMFX (digital effects)
• Digital Art Media (visual effects) (as Digital.Art.Media)
• VisionArt

Other Companies

• 360 Degree Mastering  songs mastered at (as 360 Mastering UK)
• ARC Lightz Films  camera equipment provided by (as ARC Lightz Films Pvt. Ltd.)
• Adlabs Films  color correction
• Adlabs Films  negative cutting
• Adlabs Films  processed by
• Aggarwal Traders  hardware supplies (as Agarwal Traders)
• Amrit, Rajiv and Satish  junior artiste supplier
• Anand Recording Studios  dubbing studio
• Anand Recording Studios  sound mixing
• Ankita Travels  transportation provided by
• Aradhana Sound Services  sound effects
• Art House  props provided by
• Asgar & Sons  props provided by (as Asgar and Sons)
• Audeus  dubbing studio
• Audeus  telecine
• Ava  song recording
• Ava  songs recorded at
• Balaji Crane  camera trolly
• Bollywood Decorator  flowers provided by (as Bollywood Decorators)
• Bright Lights  lighting and generators
• Cinevista  cricket dolly
• Crest Communication  reversecine
• Daddy Sons Travels  travel agent
• Digital Art Media  title design
• Durga Water Supply  water tankers
• East-West Tours & Travels  travel agent (as East West Travel & Tours)
• Empire Recording Studio P. Ltd.  sound transfers (as Empire Studios)
• Evergreen Decorators  props supplied by
• Filmcity Canteen  catering
• Global Trust Bank  banker
• Gupta Paints & Hardware Stores  hardware supplies (as Gupta Paints and Hardware)
• Hollywood Associates  camera equipment provided by
• House of Art  props provided by
• Icici Bank  banker
• Kailash Wigwallah  wigs supplied by
• Kundan Stores  make-up supplied by
• LAL Caterers  catering
• Lakhan Kumar Sahani  transportation provided by
• M. M. Planks  planks supplied by
• M. S. Rostrum  rostrum equipment
• M.A. Power Sustem  lighting and generators
• Madhav Pandey  transportation provided by
• Maganlal Dresswala  dresses supplied by
• Masculine  additional costumes supplied by
• Mohsen Nathani  additional costumes supplied by
• Monalisa Enterprises  lighting and generators (as Monalisa)
• Movie Decorators  props provided by
• Mukta Arts  akela equipment
• Mukta Arts  camera equipment provided by
• N. P. Enterprises  bull dozer
• Natraj Canteen  catering
• Nilesh Waters  water tankers
• Old is Gold  props provided by
• Prease Water Supply  water tankers
• Prestige Jewellers  jewellery supplied by
• Prime Focus  promo mastering
• Purshotam Water Supply  water tankers
• Rama Vision  camera equipment provided by
• Riddhi Creative Vision  lighting and generators
• S. Naag Transport  transportation provided by
• SIA Jewellers  jewellery supplied by
• Sahil Movie Crane  crane
• Savita  transportation provided by
• Shah Decorators  props provided by
• Sharaf Ali  props provided by
• Sheetal Waters  water tankers
• Shetty Travels  transportation provided by
• Singh Carpets  carpets provided by
• Spectral Harmony  background music recorded at
• Spectral Harmony  song recording
• Spectral Harmony  songs mixed at
• Spectral Harmony  songs recorded at
• Sunil and Maseer  additional costumes supplied by
• The Vysya Bank  banker (as Vysya Bank)
• Tiranga Enterprises  blowers and fountain
• Trimitix  props provided by
• Trinity Security Services  security
• Universal Express Travels & Tours  travel agent
• Vaibhav Traders  bull dozer
• Vidya Cine Services  Nagra sound equipment
• Western Outdoor  songs recorded at (as Western Out Door)
• Winner's Wig  wigs supplied by (as Winners Wigs)
• XLNC Wheels  make-up van

Also Known As:

"Devdas" - Greece
"Devdas" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Devdas" - France
"Devdas - Flamme unserer Liebe" - Germany (DVD title)

Runtime:

185 min | UK:182 min | France:165 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Urdu | Bengali

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Aarey Colony, India

Company:

Mega Bollywood

Trivia:

Paro's delicate stained-glass house was erected from November to June - safe, non-monsoon months, Bhansali reckoned. During those months, there were four unprecedented rain showers, which caused the colors in the stained glass to fade, and they had to be retouched regularly. Moreover, trolleys were used over the floors of the house, which led to a lot of chipping.

Quotes:

Devdas Mukherjee:Bapuji said leave the village, everybody said leave Paro, Paro said leave alcohol. Today, you said leave home. One day he'll say, leave the world.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dulha Mil Gaya (2010)

Soundtrack:

Devdas (The Theme)

Lush, lavish, lovely - but ....

I owned this film for 8 months but did not see it because of all the negative hype on the board. Then I took the plunge. First off let me say that I was not a great Saratchandra admirer. His stories (except SWAMI) mostly portrayed women as weak minded, subservient (maybe true to the time, but not to be admired), and men as weak and mostly well bred but not well educated. I had no real recollection of the story as written. And, not being a great Dilip Kumar fan, I never watched the old version. So, I have no comparisons to draw, no plot line differences to talk about.

I came away moved by the tragic love story that unfolded. It was not flawless, most Bollywood movies are not.

Negatives - the sets were beautiful but over the top, ditto for the costumes. The duo dance was a great way to compare Aish vs Madhuri dancing skills (both were pretty even matched for me) but in the story line it was quite silly and should not have been there. There was no real need for the the two to meet, but this was Mr, Bhansali's directorial license. Chandramukhi's kotha and environs were lifted straight from Pakeezah, which was a very stylized movie and not authentic.

Positives: Shahrukh Khan gave a very restrained performance, the silent tears accompanied with an anguish that only his eyes portrayed was a real departure from the screwed-up face crying. He was very very good in the drunk bits, very good in the anguished bits. It is remarkable how much this actor is accused of being typecast when every other year he pulls out an amazing performance - Dil Se (1998), Asoka (2001) and Devdas (2002) are all departures from his usual typecast romantic hero image. Recent roles in Swades and KANK are even more varied. The detractors will keep saying he overacted, or he portrayed no emotions, for me this was a truly great role as an anguished lover. Mr. Khan - your best actor award for this role in Devdas was well deserved.

Madhuri - what can one say about this truly great icon? She was amazing, you felt her pain, her caring, her selfless love, the moments between her and Shahrukh sizzled. And her dancing was brilliant.

Aish - was a bit wooden at times, but not always. She had a chemistry with Shahrukh that was understated until she was beyond his reach, but come on - the woman looks amazing, is there any doubt that a hundred Devdas types are dying for her?? She was better as the movie progressed to the more serious part.

The movie went into an emotional downward spiral a third of the way in and I sat there moved and almost crying for these tortured souls the rest of the two hours.

The movie was eye candy in the sets and costumes department. The two leading ladies were stunning, Shahrukh was easy on the eye, yet there was something that did detract from this being a great film. Upon much thinking I have come to the conclusion that it was the over the top beauty of everything that really made everything a little unreal for me. How could such perfect people have such imperfect lives? In essence the little black mark on the lip was missing and that left me a little dissatisfied.

If Mr. Bhansali had stated that this was an adaptation from the original novel, people would forgive him the fact that Devdas in his version is a mature man and knows his mind (although fails to act decisively on it), and the fact that an aristocratic lady visits a courtesan's establishment and the two dance together.

If you do not compare with what did or did not come before, this was an intense emotional experience, anchored by great performances from Shahrukh, Madhuri and yes, even Aish.