Devdas – Devdas
Our favourite alcoholic was once existing only in a book written by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, until it was made a film in 1928. Ironically, Chattopadhyay himself wrote the novel under the influence of drink. What’s more interesting is that there are some real personal elements of him in this written account. More juice! The epic story of this never untangling love triangle between rich Dev, his childhood love Paro, and an escort Chandramukhi is consuming till the end. While you may remember only the Dilip Kumar or Shah Rukh Khan starrer version of this timeless tale, but in reality, it’s been adapted on the screen 19 times! Dev.D, hello? Ring any bells? Daas Dev (2018) is the most recent adaptation of this tragically beautiful story. How many have you seen?
