Hindi Devdas (2002)

Devdas is a 2002 Indian romantic drama movie directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and based on the 1917 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Devdas. This is the third Hindi version and the first movie version of the story in Hindi done in color. The movie is set in the early 1900s and follows Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas, a wealthy law graduate who returns from London to marry his childhood sweetheart, Paro, played by Aishwarya Rai. However, the rejection of this marriage by his own family sparks his descent into alcohol, ultimately leading to his emotional deterioration and him seeking refuge with a courtesan played by Madhuri Dixit. The film’s soundtrack had music by Ismail Darbar and lyrics by Nusrat Badr. The movie songs are sung by Shreya Ghoshal, Nishika, Rani, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Javed, Ismail Darbar, Udit Narayan, Madhuri Dixit, Birju Maharaj, Vinod Rathod, Jaspinder Narula, Rashmi Sharma, Raghab Chatterjee, and K.K.