Devadasu

Jun 26 1953 Not Rated 3h 11m
Drama, Family, Musical

Landlord Narayan Rao's son Devdasu and Parvathi, their poor neighbour's daughter, fall in love. But Devadas's family does not approve of the relationship.

Plot

It's a Telugu adaptation of Sharat Chandra chatterjee famous novel Devdas. It's eternal love story between Devadasu (ANR) and Parvathi(Savithri). Devadasu son of a landlord is a egoistic and spoiled brat from childhood itself. Due to his mischievous acts he will be sent to Britain for higher studies. After coming back from foreign he meets paru aka parvathi feels attraction. Due to social status differences Paru's parents were forced to fix marriage with a Zamindar widower with 5 children. Paru approaches Devdas for eloping from home, Devdas a fickle minded person cannot go against his father's wish and traditions. Paru marriages a old widower whose daughter is elder than his daughter. Paru takes responsibility of the family n streamlined everything. Devdas starts missing Paru under the influence of a friend becomes alcoholic and comes in touch with prostitute Chandrakala. Chandrakala understands the pain of devdas and she loves him wholeheartedly. Due to his father's death, his elder brother throws Devdas out of home. As Devdas suffering from TB, he understands that end is near. For last time he wants to see Paru on the way he dies as an unknown person. As Paru's husband is village head, msg reaches him that a person named Devdasu from another village died in his village limits. Coincidentally Paru listening this news becomes hysteric and rushes to see him. Feeling some thing wrong Paru's husband orders to close the main entrance of the palace. In the running Paru's head hits the door and dies on the spot. It's classic example of a love birds whose life ruined by prevailing social conditions between rich and poor and false prestige issue

Written by

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Samudrala Raghavacharya

Directed by

Vedantam Raghavaiah

Production Countries

India

Production Companies

Vinoda Pictures

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
324
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA