Dev D

Dev D, a true modern day adaptation. This unlike Bansali’s epic costing 50 Lakhs or crores (No idea) has more to boast about like the cast and Patna ke Presley’s and the way the story is put before the audience. This definitely is not a “family movie”. Like the original story it has the same central Characters Dev, Paro and Chandramukhi. Everything goes pretty much the way Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote in the book, except for the fact that it has a modern twist. Dev not only drinks but also snorts cocaine, swallows down ecstasy and has a major attitude problem. Paro is anything but mild. Chandramukhi gives a whole new meaning to attitude. After a certain point you stop comparing the Devdas starring SRK with the movie playing on the screen, because you are thanking god that there aren’t any dance sequences that run for over 8 minutes of your precious time and there is no incessant stammering or hic after a gulp of the liquid from the bottle.
The movie high lights two things (a) Times are-a-changing and (b) Moving on is after all not a bad thing.
I loved the movie innuendos, language and perverted-ness et al.

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Nishh said…
gud!! i like your blog!! its crisp!! short !! clear and does not criticize anyone for no reason like shobhaa jii!! even i liked the movie!!its been made keeping the today's scenario and not yesteryear's
March 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM
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