'The character was a chauvinist, a misogynist, yet romanticised...': Abhay Deol on 'Dev D'

Abhay Deol on Saturday took to his Instagram handle to share a te on 2009 cult film 'Dev D' — a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattophyay's classic Bengali vel Devdas. Deol confessed that he spent a year narrating script to many directors and is thankful that Anurag Kashyap accepted it.

He went on to write that he knew character 'Devdas' was a "chauvinist, a misogynist, entitled, and arrogant. Yet he h been romanticized for deces." But he strongly believed that women in film 'were strong and h integrity'.

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“Dev.D” released in 2009.
I spent a year narrating idea to several people before I got Anurag on board to direct it.
I remember people’s reaction upon hearing my narration, it was always, “it’s too much of an art-film”. Lucky for me Anurag got it.
I h re book and I could see that character was a chauvinist, a misogynist, entitled, and arrogant. Yet he h been romanticized for deces! women on or hand were strong and h integrity, but re was still that expectation for m to love ir man matter what. I wanted to change that. I wanted to empower m, shed im of “good, devoted, woman”. It was time to make m independent, t defined by man y love, or by men in general. Which is why Paro calls out Dev’s faults and puts him in his place.
In my version Dev gets shot by police (he becomes a drug dealer) outside Paro’s house and dies just like in book. Chanda does t fall in love with him, and neir is she ashamed of being an East European high class escort (again, in my version 😊). She’s strongest character of 3, and isn’t afraid of being judged. She does empathize with Dev, seeing how broken he is, and I went with “prostitute with heart of gold” me from book.
Anurag felt a happy ending would make film more accepted by audience, and his twist was to have Dev & Chanda fall in love. My vision was too dark! I went with flow, and even brought my buddies @twilightplayers to feature in it.
rest is history.
#makingwhatbollywouldnt #dev.d

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