I'm no SRK super-fan like some of u out there, i think he's a class actor- when he's finished he'll be up there with AB & Dilip Kumar amongst others!!

His performance in DEVDAS is the best I've seen in a long time from him!! The last time i remember him doing that well was probably in Mohabbatein in the scenes with AB!!

As for people saying:
I dont agree, i think the script and screenplay are bollox in the first half of the film. You don't see SRK playing the ARISTOCRAT with the SUIT/BOOTS/HAT/STICK/CIGGAR- only in when he first arrives and thats just very briefly!! So he had nothing to act with in the first half! I heard he put real effort for this picture, give the geeza sum credit!

Does anyone "OBJECT"?

This will please SRK fans!

Bhansali’s Devdas is as hot-headed and weak-willed as Barua’s and Roy’s, but Shah Rukh also invests him with a little-boy-lost vulnerability, a soul-stirring poignancy and shades of dark humour. His moments of melancholy alternate with scenes of drunken revelry, his arrogance loses itself in helpless dependence, his tenderness balances out his tirades. Shah Rukh’s Devdas may still not be heroic, but he is certainly more humane. And his haunted, lifeless eyes stay with you long after you’ve left the theatre.

It isn’t just the performances that elevates Bhansali’s epic extravaganza. Credit is also due to Nitin Chandrakant Desai for his grandiose sets, Ismail Darbar for a classic score, Monty for his terrific theme music and Prakash Kapadia for the sometimes hard-hitting, sometimes heart-tugging lines. Neeta Lulla, Abu-Sandeep and Reza have also done Bhansali proud with their ritzy designer-wear, never mind that Devdas wears Lucknowi chikan kurtas over his dhotis, and Paro’s saris are more zardosi than Dhakai or tangail. In fact, as a Kolkata-born film buff, my one big grouse against Bhansali’s Devdas is that it is miles away from Saratbabu’s Bengal, never mind the Durga puja celebrations and the heavily-accented Bangla words that litter on-screen conversations. However, all said and done, Devdas is worth a dekko for its magnificence and star-presence.

—The real difference, of course, lies in the performances of the three lead actors and characters. Aishwarya’s Parvati is fire and ice in turns, as the camera lingers lovingly on her creamy complexion and champagne eyes. Once again, Bhansali’s ensured that she rises over her ethereal beauty to come up with an applause-worthy performance.

As Chandramukhi, Madhuri’s face mirrors anger and agony, pleasure and pain, provocation, and eventually Chandramukhi’s salvation, sometimes with just the hint of a smile or a lift of a shapely eyebrow. Her introduction scene is a revelation of just how far Madhuri has come as an actress in the past decade.

http://www.screenindia.com/20020719/frev.html

mas:

Any guy who has dated/loved/married more than one girl in his lifetime does not deserve to comment about this movie. Such people will not understand this movie. They are better off watching more "realistic" hollywood movies.

arsh,

where did you get this KM review? I look for his reviews online all the while and maybe i dont look in the right places....

he is the best ever reviewer in the business...sometimes biased towards his favourite actors/stars, but his analysis is always spot on and his writing exquisite....

please to tell.....