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Ranked #88 of 100
Devdas
देवदास · 2002
Sharat Chandra's self-destroying zamindar's son, staged as the most expensive and most maximalist thing Indian cinema had built.
- Director
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Year
- 2002
- Genre
- Romance · Drama
- Cast
- Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff
Why it's at number 88
Screened at Cannes, nominated at BAFTA. 'Dola Re' is two of the greatest dancers alive in one frame.
Sharat Chandra's self-destroying zamindar's son, staged as the most expensive and most maximalist thing Indian cinema had built.
Devdas sits in the 2000s alongside Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali — also responsible for Black, Gangubai Kathiawadi.
- Released in 2002, in the 2000s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Romance, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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