Dev.D (2009)

Thanks for the memories!

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Charming and brutal

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Well I saw this movie almost after 2 yrs of it's release. I don't know in-spite of it's raving reviews I underrated this movie when it is released.But one way it is good at that time I was inside "emotional aatyachar" so it wud have made me more emotional :PComing to the movie now... Wowwww is the first word.. I mean is it a bollywood movie? yes bollywood has moved a long way. Each scene and each character is crafted with thought, creativity and most importantly common sense (which is lacking in 99% of the directors in bollywood). Acting:- Hats off to Abhay Deol. i felt he really drank and took drugs.. superb acting. The beauty of acting is going with the character. First part of the movie we see an innocent, tom boy and a typical punjaban Mahi Gill and next a very mature married lady who comes to tell his ex-bf that she also has guts to remind the insult he did to her.That scene was superbNow finally coming to Chanda. Don't mind but the way Kalki acted I really thought she is a prostitute. It is very difficult to portrait a person , a lifestyle which u never lived. Both Mahi and Kalki dint look like that they are newcomersDirection and Screenplay:- Anurag has his own style and that is his trade mark. Nothing much to say about this genius but the scenes where he has shown Abhay fully in grip of drugs n alcohol with camera focusing on Abhay and background moving was awesomeMusic:- Finally here comes the most important part. Music in Dev D plays a very imp role, so imp that I will rather call this movie Dev D the musical. Each and every track is appropriate and different like the movie. I know it wud have been very difficult for Amit to deliver such a master piece. That is the reason why he got national award Bravo!!!All total it is an awesome experience to watch this movie. The one mark which I cut was because of the last part before the ending where Abhay is again shown drunk and deep inside drugs. I mean it cud have been edited. Though it is a very minor flaw which I cud find but all total this movie is an all time classic which redefines the style of movie making in India.

This movie has given me hope about Indian cinema. This is post modern Indian cinema. Anurag Kashyap demonstrates that it is possible to make a slick modern day cinema with characters that are very Indian. No need to resort to copying scenes from Hollywood big budget John Woo style movies to give movies a modern look. Dev D's India is modern India. Don't get me wrong. This is not an attempt to make a movie with a message or a moral. This is storytelling the way stories should be told. No overacting, not too many cinematic liberties, no in your face emotions. But you still feel the pain of the characters and maybe (if you have had dark moments in life) you can even relate to them.This is also not completely realistic. There are many surreal and psychedelic moments which have been appropriately depicted using interesting camera angles and even more interesting background score.Amit Trivedi's music is without precedence. The entire 18 song soundtrack can stand on its own independent of the movie. Yet in the movie the music is seamless except for maybe a few tracks which needed to grab your attention.The direction is excellent, realistic, almost flawless. The acting is superb. Especially Abhay Deol as Dev.All in all a movie worth more than one viewing. If you want to enjoy the direction, watch it at least twice.

Original piece based on contemporary issues and scandals. Covers lot of present stuff. This is modern devdas of 2009!. It has nice portray of all characters and played by most of them. Writer has taken concepts from various news-headlines and makes references to them in scenes too.Well, in Indian context the review is as follows: This is not a love story of 1960s anymore. The couple's breakoff is shown like any ordinary and real, then protagonist's emotional give up. Spoiler: He accepts the girl who is professional CSW, though she sleeps with many men. However, he couldn't accept the so-called homely girl, who had one sexual relationship in past! So true. Plot's flow is perfect, shown in three parts.I reduce my points on musical part of the movie. There are too much musical tracks in it. Well, the plot moves on during the tracks as well, but still. This brings lack of drama for characters. I quite dislike the movies, except they are "musical"( typical rom-com category with lot of tracks). May be this is done to add commercial value to the movie.

Dev.D, Anurag Kashyap's contemporary take on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's classic novel Devdas is simply extraordinary. Kashyap's direction is excellent and his interpretation of the original story is a perfect example of how creative and artistic an adaptation of this sort can be. The film is set partly in Punjab and partly in Delhi and captures the atmosphere of both places with precision. Kashyap masterfully portrays the effervescence, colourfulness and rusticity of the rural Punjab areas from one side, and then explores the morbid and dark reality of the urban Delhi. The film is very realistic and aspects which contribute to this include the simple writing, the slick editing and cinematography and the natural acting. It deals with such themes as sexuality, love, drugs, prostitution, self-destruction, and complex relationships. The film's fast-paced narrative style, which includes authentic dialogues, serious proceedings and many many songs (all of which are lovely, modern, and appropriately selected), is very unique and matter-of-fact. Abhay Deol stars as a modern-day Devdas, and he does an excellent job. He shows Dev's confusion, complacence, gradual ruin, and later his self-acceptance and coming to terms, with conviction and depth. Kashyap introduces two young girls in the leading roles. Mahie Gill is the first, and she is first-rate in her debut performance as Paro - very believable and impulsive. Kalki Koechlin is less impressive at first, but grows on you as the story goes by. At some points in the initial portions it looks like she's struggling with her lines, but in the second half, she confidently turns into a charming young lady and ultimately leaves a mark. The film's ending is fantastic and unexpected. To sum it up, Dev.D is Kashyap's gem. It is a prime quintessence of Hindi cinema's capability and coming-of-age. I recommend you to watch it.