It finally arrived in subconscious of a daring filmmaker, when bollywood was craving for a spanking new twist in the tale. Anurag Kashyap has redefined the word experiment with his bold interpretation of modern days "Devdas". It’s a brave new world of Bollywood, where rules are made to be broken. And I have only one word to say, bravo!
"Dev D" is not really a tragedy, however, nor is it basically a heavy drama about a dysfunctional man and his muses. It is foremost a musical love story—a very black love story, yet one whose casual bitterness is balanced and finally surpassed by a deep inner optimism.
"Dev D" is a young, rich, Punjabi lad who has moved to Oxford from Bhatinda for higher studies, as per his parents wish. His lack of direction and sexual fantasies of his childhood sweetheart brings him back to Bhatinda. The cocktail of open-mindedness and orthodoxy makes him question the virginity of his girlfriend, Paro( Mahi Gill). As the result of this heartbreak, Paro ends up marrying a chap from Delhi, leaving her egoist, disconnected, self destructive boyfriend in the darkness of alcohol and drug addiction.
Disgruntled, Dev moves to Delhi, trying to bury the heartburn in the miasma of cocaine and alcohol. His frustrations lead him to deal with his life crisis. After finding him in over drunken condition, the post modern Chunni babu brings him to Chanda (Kalki Koechlin). Chanda had her own tragedy of a school girl transforming into a call girl. After featuring in a lewd MMS scandal, she was abandoned by her parents. So now she attends college by day and acts sex worker by night. Will the poignancy of the self sacrificing Chanda save Dev from his self destructive obsession?
Abhay Deol is superb as the protagonist Dev D (Devender Singh Dhillon),a 20-
something, egoist man struggling to get over the heart pain after breakup from his childhood sweetheart. Mahi Gill, likewise, is excellent as the domineering yet insecure Paro, and Kalki Koechlin is perfect in the role of the post modern version of Chandramukhi, Chanda. She shows amazing control as Chanda, the MMS scandal teenage girl who ends up becoming a call girl.
Director Anurag Kashyap turns what could easily be a story reliant upon its dialogue into a visual feast, with the help of class cinematography. He uses the wide screen beautifully to emphasize the character relationships, their distance from one another, as well as Dev’s distance from the rest of the world, which he prefers to see through the drugs and alcohol. Dev D also uses music & sound in some interesting ways, something other films do not always take the time to do. The soundtrack of the film is already a big hit. As the Emosanal atyachar has become the new youth anthem the other soundtracks of the movie too are riveting.
In short, "Dev D" is a timely slice of post modern mindset, a knowing, maddening, and dark love story that is a sure bet to be remembered for long time. It is a completely different picture from such other strong portrayals of Devdas. Don’t miss Dev D on the big screen.
Cast:
Abhay Deol...... Dev
Kalki Koechlin...... Chanda
Mahi Gill...... Paro
Parakh Madan
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Crew:
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Cinematography: Rajeev Ravi
Choreography: Mansi Agarwal
Editor: Aarti Bajaj (Aarti Kashyap)
Story / Writer: Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane
"Dev D" is not really a tragedy, however, nor is it basically a heavy drama about a dysfunctional man and his muses. It is foremost a musical love story—a very black love story, yet one whose casual bitterness is balanced and finally surpassed by a deep inner optimism.
"Dev D" is a young, rich, Punjabi lad who has moved to Oxford from Bhatinda for higher studies, as per his parents wish. His lack of direction and sexual fantasies of his childhood sweetheart brings him back to Bhatinda. The cocktail of open-mindedness and orthodoxy makes him question the virginity of his girlfriend, Paro( Mahi Gill). As the result of this heartbreak, Paro ends up marrying a chap from Delhi, leaving her egoist, disconnected, self destructive boyfriend in the darkness of alcohol and drug addiction.
Disgruntled, Dev moves to Delhi, trying to bury the heartburn in the miasma of cocaine and alcohol. His frustrations lead him to deal with his life crisis. After finding him in over drunken condition, the post modern Chunni babu brings him to Chanda (Kalki Koechlin). Chanda had her own tragedy of a school girl transforming into a call girl. After featuring in a lewd MMS scandal, she was abandoned by her parents. So now she attends college by day and acts sex worker by night. Will the poignancy of the self sacrificing Chanda save Dev from his self destructive obsession?
Abhay Deol is superb as the protagonist Dev D (Devender Singh Dhillon),a 20-
something, egoist man struggling to get over the heart pain after breakup from his childhood sweetheart. Mahi Gill, likewise, is excellent as the domineering yet insecure Paro, and Kalki Koechlin is perfect in the role of the post modern version of Chandramukhi, Chanda. She shows amazing control as Chanda, the MMS scandal teenage girl who ends up becoming a call girl.Director Anurag Kashyap turns what could easily be a story reliant upon its dialogue into a visual feast, with the help of class cinematography. He uses the wide screen beautifully to emphasize the character relationships, their distance from one another, as well as Dev’s distance from the rest of the world, which he prefers to see through the drugs and alcohol. Dev D also uses music & sound in some interesting ways, something other films do not always take the time to do. The soundtrack of the film is already a big hit. As the Emosanal atyachar has become the new youth anthem the other soundtracks of the movie too are riveting.
In short, "Dev D" is a timely slice of post modern mindset, a knowing, maddening, and dark love story that is a sure bet to be remembered for long time. It is a completely different picture from such other strong portrayals of Devdas. Don’t miss Dev D on the big screen.
Cast:
Abhay Deol...... Dev
Kalki Koechlin...... Chanda
Mahi Gill...... Paro
Parakh Madan
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Crew:
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Cinematography: Rajeev Ravi
Choreography: Mansi Agarwal
Editor: Aarti Bajaj (Aarti Kashyap)
Story / Writer: Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane
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