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{{About||Bengali novel|Devdas|other uses|Devdas (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Devdas
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| director = [[Pramathesh Barua]]
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| screenplay = [[Pramathesh Barua]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Devdas]]''|[[Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]}}
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| starring = [[Phani Sarma]]<br> [[Zubeida]]<br> [[Mohini (Assamese actress)|Mohini]]
| music =
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| released = 1937
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| country = India
| language = Assamese
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'''''Devdas''''' is a 1937 [[Assamese cinema|Assamese]] film based on the [[Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] novella, ''[[Devdas]]''.<ref name="The Hindu - 18 August 2015 - Devdas: A classic is back home">{{cite news |last1=[[Shoumojit Banerjee]] |title=Devdas: A classic is back home |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/devdas-a-classic-is-back-home/article7551035.ece |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 August 2015}}</ref> Directed by [[Pramathesh Barua]], it stars [[Phani Sarma]] as Devdas, [[Mohini (Assamese actress)|Mohini]] as Chandramukhi, and [[Zubeida]] as Paro. The songs were [[Playback singer|playbacked]] by [[Shamshad Begum]] and [[Bhupen Hazarika]].<ref name="LM">{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/06/05234329/Multiple-takes.html|title=Multiple Takes: Devdas's journey in Indian cinema -- from the silent era of the 1920s to the opulent Hindi blockbuster of 2002|last=Sharma|first=Sanjukta|date=7 June 2008|publisher=Livemint|access-date=2009-02-22}}</ref> This was Barua's last of three language versions, the first being in [[Devdas (1935 film)|Bengali]] and the second in [[Devdas (1936 film)|Hindi]].

==Plot summary==
The childhood friendship of Devdas (Phani Sarma) (who is from a wealthy family) and Paro (Zubeida) (whose family is not as well off) blossoms into love as they grow up. Devdas' father does not approve of the relationship due to differences in their families' status in the village and of their castes. (Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste.)

Devdas realizes he cannot live without Paro and seeks her out, but she has already been married off to an older man with children. Devdas falls into despair and drinks to excess; then he meets a courtesan, Chandramukhi (Mohini), who falls in love with him and looks after him. During his alcohol-instilled dreams, he frequently dreams of Paro and Chandramukhi. The two women replace each other in his dreams, so it is left unclear, if, in the end, Devdas overcomes his love for Paro and finds some peace by falling in love with Chandramukhi. Devdas returns to meet Paro, but dies at her doorstep before seeing her.

==Cast==
* [[Phani Sarma]] as Devdas (Debdax)
* [[Zubeida]] as Paro
* [[Mohini (Assamese actress)|Mohini]] as [[Chandramukhi (character)|Chandramukhi]]

==See also==
* [[Devdas (1935 film)]] - Barua's [[Bengali language|Bengali]] version
* [[Devdas (1936 film)]] - Barua's [[Hindi language|Hindi]] version

==References==
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[[Category:1937 films]]
[[Category:Assamese-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Pramathesh Barua]]
[[Category:Devdas films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:1930s Assamese-language films]]
[[Category:Films about courtesans in India]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]

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