Devdas
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Devdas (, 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). Devdas has been adapted on screen 20 times for film and 5 times for single song.
Key facts
- Book.name
- Devdas
- Book.image
- Devdas Bengali book front cover.jpg
- Book.alt
- Front cover of the Bengali novel Devdas
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- Devdas – front cover
- Book.author
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Book.country
- India
- Book.language
- Bengali
- Book.genre
- Novel
- Book.publisher
- GCS
- Book.release_date
- 30 June 1917
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardback and paperback)
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- 1917-00-00
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- দেবদাস
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Devdas (, 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). 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. It was said that the writer had even visited that village. According to sources, the original village was called Hatipota.