Devdas
A grand saga of timeless love.
DramaRomancebased on novel or bookcourtesanmelancholymusicalremakecalcuttafamily disapprovalchildhood sweetheart1900skolkata, indiasentimental
A sweeping, visually sumptuous period romance about doomed love and the destructive weight of social constraint, told with operatic melancholy.
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
Essence
Ensemble
Shah Rukh Khan
Devdas Mukherjee
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty
Madhuri Dixit
Chandramukhi
Jackie Shroff
Chunnilal
Smita Jaykar
Kaushalya Mukherjee
Manoj Joshi
Dwijdas Mukherjee
Ananya Khare
Kumud Mukherjee
Milind Gunaji
Kalibabu
Dina Pathak
Bhuvan's Mother
Kirron Kher
Sumitra Chakraborty
Tiku Talsania
Dharamdas
Ava Mukherjee
Badi-ma
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