Like Delhi 6, I was curious to watch Dev D, and check what Anurag Kashyap has to offer this time around. The promos were pretty interesting, so is its music. Emosional Attyachar did make big news with its unique sound and Presley look-alikes. However, the Presley look-alikes were from Patna. Anurag Kashyap's previous film "No Smoking" was a failure but that did not undermine his credentials of making out-of-box movies, Black Friday drew lot of critical acclaim.
Dev D released on 6th of February, but due to busy schedule I was not able to catch the first day first show. I prefer this slot. I could catch it as late as on 24th of Feb at Venkatramana theater, show was timed at 2:30 am. This 2:30 am show is once in a year affair. Many people like being awake through out night of Shivratri, this makes way for theatre owners to have a show this late(or early). Srujan -my pal- called up the previous night to inform that i need to wake up at 2 in the morning, get ready in 10-15 minutes before he picks me up at my place. I uttered okay after failing to retaliate and fixed a alarm for 2. The issue that bothered me was, what was I going to say parents to leave at this un-social time? Heck! Planned some -clever and believable-story.
As planned, things went fine though i got a bit late. We reached theatre in almost time and but missed first 5 minutes.
Dev D -as said- is a mordern-day interpretation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhya's classic Devdas. This subject has been explored by many directors. At some level the concept remains same but on a holistic note I wouldn't call it Devdas at all. Here Dev -played by Abhey Deol- and Paro -played by Mahi Gill- are childhood friends/love interests. Dev returns from London after finishing his studies, he is son of a rich business man in Punjab.
This film explores characters in a amazing manner. Dev's life revolves around love, lust and intoxication in a self-destructive manner. All actors have given their best performance till date. Anurag Kashyap has woven the film seamlessly, you are glued to screen all the time. Editing, sound mixing, screen play, background score, music/songs are all fantastic. At certain instances graphics and camera effect is effectively used to create a sinking feeling that characters go through. Here Chunnilal -a pimp- played by Debyendu Bhattacharya guides Dev to dark corners of Delhi where he comes across Chanda. I found Chunnilal quite similar to Romesh Powar in looks.
The Music is fabulous. Tracks like Emosional Attyachar, Duniya, Payaliya, Pardesi, Nayan Tarse, Aankh Micholi support film quite well. Its a must watch.
I'm suffering from writers block, so kindly spare me for this not-so-good post, film is hell lot better than this review. For more check this Dev D.
Adios!
Dev D released on 6th of February, but due to busy schedule I was not able to catch the first day first show. I prefer this slot. I could catch it as late as on 24th of Feb at Venkatramana theater, show was timed at 2:30 am. This 2:30 am show is once in a year affair. Many people like being awake through out night of Shivratri, this makes way for theatre owners to have a show this late(or early). Srujan -my pal- called up the previous night to inform that i need to wake up at 2 in the morning, get ready in 10-15 minutes before he picks me up at my place. I uttered okay after failing to retaliate and fixed a alarm for 2. The issue that bothered me was, what was I going to say parents to leave at this un-social time? Heck! Planned some -clever and believable-story.
As planned, things went fine though i got a bit late. We reached theatre in almost time and but missed first 5 minutes.
Dev D -as said- is a mordern-day interpretation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhya's classic Devdas. This subject has been explored by many directors. At some level the concept remains same but on a holistic note I wouldn't call it Devdas at all. Here Dev -played by Abhey Deol- and Paro -played by Mahi Gill- are childhood friends/love interests. Dev returns from London after finishing his studies, he is son of a rich business man in Punjab.
This film explores characters in a amazing manner. Dev's life revolves around love, lust and intoxication in a self-destructive manner. All actors have given their best performance till date. Anurag Kashyap has woven the film seamlessly, you are glued to screen all the time. Editing, sound mixing, screen play, background score, music/songs are all fantastic. At certain instances graphics and camera effect is effectively used to create a sinking feeling that characters go through. Here Chunnilal -a pimp- played by Debyendu Bhattacharya guides Dev to dark corners of Delhi where he comes across Chanda. I found Chunnilal quite similar to Romesh Powar in looks.
The Music is fabulous. Tracks like Emosional Attyachar, Duniya, Payaliya, Pardesi, Nayan Tarse, Aankh Micholi support film quite well. Its a must watch.
I'm suffering from writers block, so kindly spare me for this not-so-good post, film is hell lot better than this review. For more check this Dev D.
Adios!
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