Talk film society published an article about the writer’s experience with dialogues. It also revealed how the DOP dedicated his heart to the movie of the young. Devdas has many dialogue scenes. The characters are subject to multiple emotions and the relationships they have with other characters shifts multiple times. Bhansali’s characters are constantly moving, as their dynamic changes. “For example Paro and Devdas Khan’s scene can quickly change from hurtful to funny, from romantic to sad, or from teasingly to hurtful in less than a minute.” Bhansali uses extravagant sets as a way for his characters track their emotions. Bhansali moves with the characters; Binod Pradhan, a cinematographer, captures every movement in Bhansali’s blocking. Bela Segal (a Bhansali favorite) can edit scenes in a variety of ways. Few facts are not known or less well-known about Devdas in the article published by “News18”.
These are the facts.
Salman Khan initially was offered the Devdas role but declined. Shah Rukh Khan took over the role. Shah Rukh was undoubtedly the best actor of his career and won the Filmfare Best Actor Award 2002.
Before Jackie Shroff was signed, ChunniLal was offered by Saif Ali Khan and Govinda. Manoj rejected the role because he was currently playing lead roles in all his movies and that supporting him would be detrimental to his selling ability.
K Chopra was a producer who owned the rights to Devdas. He refused to release the rights at first. Sanjay Leela Bhansali had at one time planned to call the movie Aaj Ka Devdas. K Chopra sold the rights after paying a heavy price.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali took seven weeks to create Dola Re Dola, a song that combines two of Bollywood’s biggest stars (Madhuri dixit and Aishwaryarai Rai Bachchan).
Aishwarya Rachan suffered from earache during the Dola re Dola’ dancing. This is a great example of professionalism.
Paro’s mother Sumitra gets made to dance at social events by Sanjay Lela Bhansali. This was inspired from a recurring nightmare where Sumitra was humiliated.
Madhuri dixit’s outfit, which weighed 30kg in Kahe Chhedd Mohe’s song, weighed 30kg. Although she had many difficulties with choreography, she finally mastered it.
Birju Maharaj Kathak master choreographed Kaahe Chhedd Mohe specifically for Madhuri dixit.
Kareena Kapoor was rejected by Sanjaylela Bhansali’s first two films, but she auditioned for Paro.
It took Ismail Darbar two and a half year to create the music. The songs were complex and had to be mixed 8 to 9 times. Recording took just ten hours.
Paro’s beautiful stained-glass home was constructed between November and June. These were non-monsoon months. Four unimaginable rain showers occurred in those months. These caused stained glass colors to fade. Additionally, the floors were covered by trolleys which resulted in a lot more chips.
Chandramukhi’s set of kothas was built around the lake. The lake’s water was constantly drying out, so it had to be refilled with water every day. The bridge was also susceptible to sinking, even though it was constructed across the lake.
Status and Chase sampled the song Sila Yeh Ka for their song Eastern Jam’. *Snoop Dogg sampled this song for his song, ‘Snopp Dogg Millionaire.
Aishwarya Rai represented Devdas on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet in 2002. In 2017, Aishwarya Rai represented Devdas on the L’Oreal Paris Open Air Cinema red carpet. All the criticisms and analyses of Devdas have shown that the movie is far superior to any other Bollywood film. As an art work, its execution and credentials are unsurpassed in Hindi cinema today. To see how Devdas’ managed to get past the glossy exteriors of Hindi movies of these days, you just need to watch Asoka’ and Dil to Pagal Hai.
In the end, “Devdas,” I think, is more of tribute cinematically to the 1960s classics than anything. Without appearing to be a copycat, the director clearly learned from ‘Mughal E Azam’ and ‘Pakeezah. The director of ‘Devdas’ is a great example and a model for future Hindi film-making. This will be the starting point for every epic.
