Devdas

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a prostitute. All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Today, only one copy of the film survives which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives. Of that copy almost forty percent is destroyed.

Director: P.C. Barua

Cast: P.C. Barua, Chandrabati Devi, Jamuna Barua, Nirmal Banerjee, K.L. Saigal, Krishna Chandra Dey, Dinesh Ranjan Das, Manoranjan Bhattacharya

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