tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post7339216131972024151..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Devdas (1955)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-10519244759828915412014-04-10T03:35:07.893-07:002014-04-10T03:35:07.893-07:00Hmmm... Your decision to redo Devdas sets me wonde...Hmmm... Your decision to redo Devdas sets me wondering: why not instead try to get to grips with the difficulties, perhaps contradictions of the character? If Devdas is such a shilly-shallying guy, what does this say about the problem of indecision in love? Isn't this something we know about? All courtship isn't done by swift, decisive persons. <br />Unlike other commentators, you don't insist on the question of liquor, and its role here as a drug to destroy the mind of the blighted lover. But isn't it also a truth-potion, one that enables its user to say things which he wasn't able to say when he was sober and to the right person? I don't quite agree to your vision of what Chandramukhi "should" be... <br />But thanks anyway for enabling me to think once again about Bimalji's talent!yveshttp://www.letstalkaboutbollywood.com/article-bimal-roy-s-devdas-a-burning-tragedy-103600576.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-65658548583683121472011-03-08T22:46:15.920-08:002011-03-08T22:46:15.920-08:00Just to mention that i was here. Ultimately, why a...Just to mention that i was here. Ultimately, why are the Indians so obsessed with their courtesans? Basically, this Devdas plot is plain stupid. If i watch a Devdas, i do it *in spite* of the plot and characters. And in that state of mind, i can also see the 2002 or 2009 variants, just for all the eye and ear candy you get.Hans Meierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675553770565339630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-56581702278129827222011-02-04T05:41:03.429-08:002011-02-04T05:41:03.429-08:00Dilip Kumar, to me, is the ULTIMATE Devdas. Nobody...Dilip Kumar, to me, is the ULTIMATE Devdas. Nobody, absolutely no body, can come even close to what this man has achieved as an actor.<br /><br />I stumbled upon your blog incidenatlly and am enjoying my stroll through it.<br /><br />Although I have one complain: You haven't explored the Golden Era of Bollywood(i.e; movies of 1950's and 60's) beyond Raj and Shashi K<br /><br />Would like to read your write up on films of Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Balraj Sahni<br /><br />I'm sure you'll find DK's Musafir, AK's Oonche Log and Balraj's Kabuliwallah quiet satisfying.<br /><br />Hope you'll watch their films and review them for us. <br /><br />CheersCrammedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405262546430679694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-21252712227564630522009-08-08T09:13:37.243-07:002009-08-08T09:13:37.243-07:00I just re-watched this yesterday, and was thrilled...I just re-watched this yesterday, and was thrilled to discover that the two customers who call Devdas a "wet blanket" upon his first visit to Chandramukhi's are Johnny Walker ... and PRAN!<br /><br />Followed by the thought, "When's the PPCC coming back? I need a partner in Pran!"Anarchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599522097057431891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-7765504772008053012008-09-22T14:01:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:01:00.000-07:00PS I forgot to mention that I'm glad you're warmin...PS I forgot to mention that I'm glad you're warming to Vijayanthimala! She ends up playing a lot of stick-in-the-mud heroines in the later 60s *cough* <B>Jewel Thief</B>, but if you want more, you should watch <B>Madhumati</B>! That's such a great film...Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292362161639177666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-64458490415970196542008-09-22T13:59:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:59:00.000-07:00Devdas! Dilip Kumar! I liked your take on the Dil...<B>Devdas</B>! Dilip Kumar! <BR/><BR/>I liked your take on the Dilip Kumar version vs. Shahrukh's. My appreciation for the 2002 version extends as far as loving the Aishwarya/Madhuri duet, Kirron Kher's awesome song, and imagining my own behind-the-scenes gossip about Aishwarya/Salman/Shahrukh.<BR/><BR/>Chandramurki is a troublesome character. Maybe you should work up your 'updated' <B>Devdas</B> with roles for the female leads that aren't of the doormat variety. I'm thinking Ranbir Kapoor as Devdas, Konkona Sen Sharma as Paro, and Bipasha Basu as Chandramurki!Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292362161639177666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-47424728636171107292008-09-21T17:34:00.000-07:002008-09-21T17:34:00.000-07:00I really want to see this, if only for a version w...I really want to see this, if only for a version wherein Paro doesn't basically invite the treatment she receives. I like the idea of their relationship receiving greater depth.ajnabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-69705012580701784402008-09-21T16:37:00.000-07:002008-09-21T16:37:00.000-07:00ohhhhh devdas, how i love thee. i absolutely love ...ohhhhh devdas, how i love thee. i absolutely love this version of the movie, its so nuanced sweet and close to the book which i liked, after doing an enormous book project on this, i saw that bimal didn't miss much out of the book to the screen! though i do like madhuri better as chandramukhi than vjyanthimala, dilip's devdas is so understated and as i hate to say this not as overblown as SRK! Nahhiii i just said that~Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.com