Devdas is a 2002 Indian Hindi- language grand romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bharat Shah under his banner, Mega Bollywood.
It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit, with Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, and Vijayendra Ghatge in supporting places.
Grounded on the 1917 novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, the film narrates the story of Devdas Mukherjee (Khan), a fat law graduate who returns from.
Still, the rejection of their marriage by his own family sparks his descent into drunkenness, eventually leading to his emotional deterioration and him seeking retreat with the golden-hearted prostitute.
Bhansali was inspired to remake the novel into a film after reading it for an alternate time and blazoned the design in November 1999.
The script was written by him and Prakash Ranjit Kapadia, who also wrote the dialogue.
Nitin Chandrakant Desai erected the sets between August 2000 and May 2001 and spent ₹ 200 million (US$2.7 million).
Along with Bhansali and other crews, he did expansive exploration on Calcuttan erecting design from the period of the British Raj.
Star photography was handled by Binod Pradhan from November 2000 to April 2002, taking place in Bikaner, Film City, and Filmistan.
While Ismail Darbar and Birju Maharaj composed the soundtrack, Monty Sharma composed the background score.
Devdas premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2002 and was released worldwide on 12 July that time.
It was the most precious Indian film ever made at the time, with a budget of ₹ 500 million (US$6.6 million).
The film got mixed-to-negative reviews when it premiered at Cannes, but was better entered when it was theatrically released.
The film was a marketable success and surfaced as the highest-grossing Indian film of the time, earning ₹998.8 million (US$ 13 million) in both India and overseas.
It won several accolades, including five National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards; the ultimate includes glories for Stylish Film, Stylish Director (Bhansali), Stylish Actor (Khan), Stylish Actress (Rai),
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