Devdas Lives On

The tragic saga of a spineless lover — Devdas — has attracted filmmakers across generations,and continues to do so even today. However,Bimal Roy’s 1955 classic,casting Dilip Kumar,Vyjayantimala and Suchitra Sen,is widely considered as its most significant adaptation in Hindi cinema. Little wonder then that the film’s dialogue will now be immortalised in a book called The Dialogue of Devdas,presented by Nasreen Munni Kabir. The book,priced at Rs 695,will feature the film’s complete dialogue by Rajinder Singh Bedi,based on a screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. It is available in three languages: Hindi,Urdu and English.