Devdas (1928 film)

Devdas
Directed byNaresh Mitra
Written bySharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced byEastern Films Syndicate[1]
StarringPhani Burma
Tarakbala
Niharbala
Release date
  • 11 February 1928 (1928-02-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageSilent film

Devdas is a 1928 silent film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's epic novel, Devdas.[2] It was the first film adaptation of the 1917 novel.[3][4] It was directed by Naresh Mitra who not only acted in the film but was also the cinematographer.[5] The film was shot in erstwhile Calcutta in British India.[6]

Cast

  • Phani Burma as Devdas
  • Tarakbala as Parbati (Paro)
  • Parulbala as Chandramukhi[7]
  • Naresh Mitra
  • Mani Ghosh
  • Tinkari Chakraborty
  • Kanaknarayan Bhup

References

  1. ↑ "The Devdas syndrome in Indian cinema".
  2. ↑ "Devdas on Moviebuff.com". Moviebuff.com. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Devdas (1928)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Sengupta, Saswati; Roy, Shampa; Purkayastha, Sharmila (6 December 2019). 'Bad' Women of Bombay Films: Studies in Desire and Anxiety. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-26788-9.
  5. ↑ Raju, Zakir Hossain (17 December 2014). Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-60180-7.
  6. ↑ Guy, Randor (31 May 2002). "The immortal lover". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Mukherjee, Pradipta (13 August 2021). The Fluid Frame in Cinema: Collected Essays. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-7377-2.
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