I decided to move the film reviews,which unsurprisingly are the most popular posts (!), to my old blog.
This week it's a review of Dev D, an adaptation of Devdas. I had not read the book or seen any film version so I ended up having to skim through a good deal of material. As it happened, I unexpectedly found the novel interesting. And watching the 1955 film version reminded me of how quiet and sure Bimal Roy's film making was and how good an actor Dilip Kumar could be (though he is rarely spontaneous, it is a studied performance). If I have the time, I might do a more serious comparison but for the moment this will do.
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