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{{About||Bengali novel|Devdas|other uses|Devdas (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Devdas
| image = Kundan Lal Saigal and Jamuna in Devdas (1936).jpg
| caption = [[K. L. Saigal|Kundan Lal Saigal]] as Devdas and [[Jamuna Barua]] as Parvati in ''Devdas''
| director = [[Pramathesh Barua]]
| producer =
| screenplay = [[Pramathesh Barua]] [[Kidar Nath Sharma]] (dialogue)
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Devdas]]''|[[Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]}}
| starring = [[K. L. Saigal]] [[Jamuna Barua]] Rajkumari
| music = [[Rai Chand Boral]] [[Pankaj Mullick]] [[Timir Baran]] Lyrics: [[Kidar Nath Sharma]]
| cinematography = [[Bimal Roy]]
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1935}}
| runtime = 139 min.
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
}}
[[File:Devdas 1935.webm|thumb|Kundan Lal Saigal and Jamuna Barua. Full movie (2 h 11 min 30 s)|thumbtime=6:02]]
'''''Devdas''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1935|1935]] Hindi film based on the [[Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] novella, ''[[Devdas]]''.<ref>[http://nfaipune.nic.in/devdas.htm Devdas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924090353/http://nfaipune.nic.in/devdas.htm |date=24 September 2017 }} [[National Film Archive of India]], nfaipune.nic.in.</ref><ref>[http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/DEVDAS.html Dedas phenomenon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113071438/http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/DEVDAS.html |date=13 January 2012 }}</ref> Directed by [[Pramathesh Barua]], it stars [[K.L. Saigal]] as Devdas, [[Jamuna Barua]] as Parvati (Paro) and Rajkumari as [[Chandramukhi (character)|Chandramukhi]]. This was Barua's second of three language versions, the first being in [[Devdas (1935 film)|Bengali]] and the third in [[Devdas (1937 film)|Assamese]].

[[File:DEVDAS1936-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kundan Lal Saigal]] and [[Jamuna Barua]] in the film]]

==Plot==
Devdas (K. L. Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna), with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighboring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Indian wife of those times. Devdas as a result takes to drinking. Chandramukhi (Rajkumari), a dancing girl or "prostitute" he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back, saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears from her stepson Mohan, that Devdas is dead. Grief-stricken at this news, Parvati attempts to run out of her house, in order to pay a last visit to his beloved. But her husband orders the main gate to be closed, as it was a social taboo at that time, not to let women step out of the periphery of their in-laws'residence. Consequently, Paro fails to run out, trips over, and the main gate is shut in front of her. A dead Devdas is taken to the cemetery and cremated by the local people.

==Cast==
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* [[K. L. Saigal|Saigal]] as [[Devdas]]
* A. H. Shore as Chunilal
* [[Pahari Sanyal|Pahari]] as A Friend
* [[K. C. Dey]] as Bairagi (Blind Singer)
* [[Pramathesh Barua]] alias Mr. Raju as Mohan
* Biswanath as Narayan
* Yusuf Attia as Rai Saheb
* Kailash as Ramdas
* Nemo as Dharmadas
* [[Kidar Sharma|Kedar]] as Jagannath
* Kapoor as Cart Driver
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* [[Jamuna Barua|Jamuna]] as Parbati
* [[Rajkumari]] as [[Chandramukhi (character)|Chandra]]
* Khettrabala as Piyari
* [[Sitara Devi|Sitara]] as Monorama
* Ramkumari as Padma
* Hemnalini as Parbati's Mother
* Sahana as Jasodha
* Roshanara as Maid Servant
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==See also==
* [[Devdas (1935 film)|''Devdas'' (1935 film)]], Barua's [[Bengali language|Bengali]] version
* [[Devdas (1937 film)|''Devdas'' (1937 film)]], Barua's [[Assamese language|Assamese]] version

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0026274|Devdas}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCNHYHZgI4U Full movie on Youtube] (best quality online)
* [https://books.google.fr/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA262&dq=Encyclopedia+of+Indian+Cinema+devdas&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHuaaG-67JAhWomXIKHQ-OBBUQ6AEILDAA#v=onepage&q=Encyclopedia%20of%20Indian%20Cinema%20devdas&f=false Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406123355/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/31/stories/2002053100950300.htm Summary of Devdas films]
* [http://www.upperstall.com/films/devdas.html Review]

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