Devdas

Name: Devdas
Director: Bimal Roy
Released: 1955-01-01

1955 Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy

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Released: 1955
Director: Bimal Roy
Screenwriter: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Producer: Bimal Roy
Cast: Dilip Kumar
, Roma Dasgupta
, Vyjayanthimala
, Iftekhar
+2 more
Runtime: 159 min
Genre: romance film
, drama film
Country of origin: India

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Devdas is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the 1917 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas. It starred Dilip Kumar in the title role, Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati "Paro" and Vyjayanthimala in her first dramatic role as a tawaif named Chandramukhi. Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Murad, Pratima Devi, Iftekhar, Shivraj co-starred, along with Pran and Johnny Walker in extended cameo appearances.

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Based on: Devdas
Narrative location: Kolkata
Title: देवदास
After a work by: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Director of photography: Kamal Bose
Color: black-and-white
Distribution format: video on demand
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work

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