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Title: <\/strong>Dev.D<\/p>\n

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This new film is the latest remake of Devdas, but what is equally interesting is the fact that it is in conversation with films made in the West. Unlike Bhansali\u2019s more spectacular version of the older story, Anurag Kashyap\u2019s Dev.D<\/a> is a genuine rewriting of Sarat Chandra\u2019s novel. Kashyap doesn\u2019t flinch from depicting the individual\u2019s downward spiral, but he also gives women their own strength. He has set out to right a wrong\u2014or, at least, tell a more realistic, even redemptive, story. If these characters have lost some of the affective depth of the original creations, they have also gained the hard edges of modern lives.<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t always feel the pain of Kashyap\u2019s characters, but we are able to more readily recognize them. Take Chandramukhi, or Chanda, who is a school-girl humiliated by the MMS sex-scandal. Her father, protective and patriarchal, says that he has seen the tape and thinks she knew what she was doing. \u201cHow could you watch it?\u201d the girl asks angrily. And then, \u201cDid you get off on it?\u201d When was the last time a father was asked such a question on the Hindi screen? With its frankness toward sex and masturbation, Dev.D takes a huge step toward honesty. In fact, more than the obvious tributes to Danny Boyle\u2019s Trainspotting, or the over-extended psychedelic adventure on screen, in fact, as much as the moody style of film-making, the candour of such questions make Dev.D a film that is truly a part of world cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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