Abstract: The present research article is an attempt to compare and contrast Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya’s novella Devdas with three of its cinematic renderings in Hindi. The purpose is to find out the quintessence of original novella in the movies based on it. Works of creative literature have been used as the subject matter of movies since its inception. However, the business consideration, public tastes based on ethical norms and the film- maker’s own perception of the work of art make the directors omit/ include many new things and ideas in their cinematic adaptations. The rate of deviation is so high that many times it kills the basic spirit of the original work. The novella Devdas has been a great fascination for the film makers because of its vast emotional appeal. P. C. Barua’s directed Devdas (1935) truthfully presents rural Bengali community life in the context of class-caste dynamics of pre- independence India. Bimal Roy’s Devdas (1955) is real and emblematic at the same time. The director has been able to raise the particular story of an alcoholic lover to the general saga all failed loves. Bhansali, on the other hand, tries to put his own philosophy of two separated lover, desperately yearning to have just a last glimpse of each other (2002).
Keywords: quintessence, adaptation, novella, dynamics, emblematic, life-vision, moralizations, stereotyping.
Title: SHARAT CHANDRA’S DEVDAS: VIS-À-VIS ITS CINEMATIC ADAPTATION IN HINDI MOVIES
Author: Dr Sujata
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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