Anurag Kashyap's Dev D is an attempt to demystify the legendry Devdas immortalized on screen by stalwarts like P C Barua ( K L Sehgal as Devdas ) , Bimal Roy ( Dilip Kumar ) and Sanjay Leela Bansali ( Shah Rukh Khan ). The traditional Devdas were set in Bengal whereas Dev D has the backdrop of the Punjab. Is it to justify the extrovert character of its main protagonists?The three main players- Dev D ( Dev ), Paramjeet ( Paro ) and Chandramukhi ( Chanda ); also Chunnilal , the pimp are all grey and victim of personal inadequacies . The old Devdas was a poignant story of childhood friends / neighbours who owing to the class conflict of the era cannot marry or perhaps could not marry for lack of courage on part of Devdas who fails to express his love in time to his childhood sweetheart - Paro. Paro gets married to an older man but never forgets Devdas. Devdas is introduced to drinking and a dance girl chandramukhi by his friend Chunilal. Chandramukhi attempts to reform Devdas but instead reforms herself. Finally; Devdas drinks himself to death at the doorstep of Paro. Devdas has been a cult figure and is related to those men whose love remains unrequited.Despite some criticism for being not such a great story it has enchanted many a filmmakers and even Gulzar attempted to make one with Dharmendra, hema malini and sharmila tagore.Anurag kashyap has attempted to project modern/liberated Dev/paro/chandramukhi with dominant sex and slut to shock the audiance. The original Devdas is to an extent victim of external factors beyond his control whereas the characters of kashyap are tied to their internal conflicts. It is smart cinema but not endearing at all. It makes one uncomfortable with the overdose of sex, drugs and alchohol.
Even though Kashyap gives Dev D a lease of life in the end the traditional audiance feel disappointed.In the name of realism the maker has disfigured the sublime image of Parvati ( Paro ).
On returning from the movie dejected i wondered as to why we remember and look forward to Devdas even though knowing the inevitable; it is to see the union of devdas with paro ; not to revel at the elopement of devdas with chandramukhi.
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