Best movie of this year hands down!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The Indian film Devdas (2002/I) was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. As I've learned, Devdas is an important Indian novel, written (coincidentally) in 1917. The movie stars Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas, a handsome young man who has returned from law school in England. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays Parvati ('Paro') the young woman who has waited for him for ten years. Madhuri Dixit portrays the dancer and courtesan Chandramukhi.Although Devdas and Paro are in love, caste and financial differences cause their families to keep them apart. The movie follows that plot line until the end. Of course, because this is a Bollywood film, there's plenty of dancing along the way. To director Bhansali's credit, the dancing is integrated into the plot, rather than just popping up randomly. And, of course, it's amazing, colorful dancing.The lead actors are capable, seasoned professionals. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit are impossibly beautiful. The costumes and sets have to be seen to be believed. If you like Bollywood movies, you'll love Devdas. I certainly enjoyed the film. However, for truth in reviewing, I have to say that we didn't stay for the full three hours. However, I saw enough of the film to feel comfortable reviewing it.More important than the film itself is what it represents. Believe it or not, a curator's dream became real a few years ago. Rochester's George Eastman Museum acquired over 100 35mm prints of Indian movies. The theater in which they were stored was scheduled to be destroyed, along with all of these treasures. A team from Eastman, assisted by students from UCLA, saved almost all the films during the last hours before destruction. To their surprise, they found a treasure house of movie posters as well. It was a once-in-a-lifetime event. I hope someone makes a movie about it!We watched this film at Rochester's wonderful Dryden Theatre in the George Eastman Museum. It was shown as part of the series, "Stories of Indian Cinema: Abandoned & Rescued." It's amazing to watch Devdas on a large screen, but it will work well enough on a small screen. If you love Bollywood films, or if you want to sample a Bollywood film, Devdas would be the perfect choice.

Devdas- 2002 Director: Sanjay Leela BhansaliSanjay Leela Bhansali's labour of love Devdas is a larger-than-life, poignant and spectacular interpretation. Clearly Devdas is a work of art and heart. Ismail Darbar's rich compositions are mostly situation-based and aid the narrative. Thankfully, the music plays in the background and Devdas and Paro are not shown lip-syncing sweet nothings. Pandit Birju Maharaj and Saroj Khan storm the screen with some sensational choreography. Madhuri Dixit's dances are breath-taking. Binod Pradhan's eye for detail cannot be missed as he romances the camera with imaginative angles and lighting. The good thing is that before the viewer gets too caught up in admiring Aishwarya's exotic hair clip, the shot switches to the sorrow in her eyes.

This version of the famous literary novel Devdas is extremely opulent, so much so that caste and class differences suddenly make little sense when both families are so incredibly wealthy. Apart from this misstep, and some overacting in the first half-hour, the film is definitely worth watching. All three leads Shahrukh, Aishwarya and Madhuri are in top form. Kirron Kher is good though she tends to overact. There are some dazzling musical numbers including "Dola Re" which is a tremendous show-stopper. The film is essentially a tragedy and Bhansali brings this point home (MINOR SPOILERS) in the heart-breaking climax. Recommended.Overall 8/10

That is true. Bollywood films do base a lot of their ideas off of Hollywood movies, down to the point of plagirism (they even have used recent movies, such as Hitch, for material as well), but Devdas is not one of these cases. Counting this version, it's been remade three times. I know one time was in the 1930s, and in the 1950s, and in theatrical adaptations It is a Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay written in 1917. Sorry, but it was a good thought anyway. Just so you know, I got the information off of wikipedia, from the article concerning the movie, and it is not made up data by any means. There have also been several television adaptations. Devdas is a Bengali story, and a famous one at that. As the author of the article said, "The novella powerfully depicts the prevailing societal customs in Bengal in the early 1900s, which are largely responsible for preventing the happy ending of a genuine love story." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas