Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a prostitute. All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Today, only one copy of the film survives which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives. Of that copy almost forty percent is destroyed.

Devdas (1935)

THE BENGALI LANGUAGE FILM ADAPTATION OF SARATCHANDRA CHATTERJEE'S NOVEL BY P. C. BARUA.

★ 8/10 March 30, 1935 141 min

DramaRomance

Director: P.C. Barua  ·  Writer: P.C. Barua

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as remorse drives him to alcohol, Devdas meets Chandramukhi, a prostitute. All Indian prints of this Bengali version were destroyed in a fire that ravaged New Theatre’s studios. Today, only one copy of the film survives which belongs to the Bangladesh Film Archives. Of that copy almost forty percent is destroyed.

Director

P.C. Barua

Cast

P.C. Barua Devdas Chandrabati Devi Chandramukhi Jamuna Barua Parvati Nirmal Banerjee K.L. Saigal Cameo (guest at Chandramukhi's house) Krishna Chandra Dey Dinesh Ranjan Das Manoranjan Bhattacharya Amar Mullick Sailen Pal Prabhavati Ahi Sanyal