Devdas

Devdas (2002)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (17,884 ratings)

Set in the early 1900s, this film follows a young man named Devdas (Shah Rukh Khan) on his way home to India after having spent the past ten years in London. As the news reaches Devdas and his ex-love Paro's (Aishwarya Rai) respective households, the family matriarchs remember when the young couple… More

PG, 3 hr. 1 min.
Directed By
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Genres
Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jul 12, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jan 12, 2010

Critic Reviews

  • Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune

    It does what the movies were meant to do: move, dance and swirl in the popular imagination.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    It's all vastly sumptuous, though the spectacle frequently overwhelms the dramatic impact.

  • Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies

    Aishwarya Rai's natural beauty anchors the film's three best musical numbers, which balance out the slower and heavier melodramatic parts. All in all, a classy production.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    There's more to Devdas than extravagance; the emotion and passion of the story is felt just as strongly in every frame as the budget.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    The entire film has an overwhelming hugeness to it that's hard to resist.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wildaly M


    This is like the 3rd or 4th Bollywood movie I've seen. I gotta say it was absolutely spectacular. I'm a sucker for romances and this one delivers in all aspects. I couldn't get enough of it after watching it. I was going to go to sleep but I managed to stay up until 6am… More

  • Kylie B


    A tragic love story is universal.

  • Marion R


    Really long, and I didn't feel anything for the characters. It is a beautiful film to look at, the colors are vivid.

  • Leo L


    Here is an interesting movie that centralizes around the greatest component most tragedies/epic-dramas are made of: unrequited love. Here is a story that circulates the various intertwining components: Self-sacrifice. Denial. Misery and anguish. Paro (Parvati) and Devdas have always… More

  • FanGirl B


    Great musical numbers and visually beautiful. What I don't get is why these beautiful women are drawn to such a mean man.

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