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 Devdas – front cover | |
| Author | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | GCS |
Publication date | 30 June 1917 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Devdas (Bengali: দেবদাস, transliterated as Dēbôdās) is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden childhood love; and Chandramukhi, a reformed courtesan (tawaif).[1] Devdas has been adapted on screen 20 times for film and 5 times for single song.
The character of Parvati was based on a real life second wife of zamindar Bhuvan Mohan Chowdhury,[2] It was said that the writer had even visited that village.[3] According to sources, the original village was called Hatipota.[3]
- ^ "The DEVDAS Phenomenon". The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ Sen, Sukumar (1353 Bengali Year). Bangla Sahityer Itihas বাঙ্গালা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস [History of Bengali Literature]. V:3. Calcutta: Modern Book Agency. p. 552.
- ^ a b "শতবর্ষে দেবদাস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 27 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-23.