Holly cow:

Sudhir Mishra will now make Devdas

By IndiaFM News Bureau, July 21, 2007 - 12:07 IST

Few years back, there came a phase in Bollywood when a number of films were made on the life of the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and all the films were released at almost the same time. Similar situation seems to have struck Bollywood again but this time the inspiring character is Devdas. Couple of weeks back, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap announced his modern version of Devdas titled Dev D with Abhay Deol planning the lead role. And now, Sudhir Misha has come up with a unique concept for his take on Devdas.

Sudhir Mishra informs that his Devdas will look into the present day Indian politics. This film will be produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. Reportedly, Shiney Ahuja is being finalized to play this contemporary version of Devdas. The casting Paro and Chandramukhi is yet to be done.




**How would it look like

Oh god....and I have always believed DEVDAS to be a story that a young, newly independant India was fascinated with because of the defeatist attitude then prevalent of a largely suppressed population over the years. What's wrong with these younger generation film makers? Dont they have more contemporary tales to tell that are not too depressing?

Devdas the character was a sorry loser for whom i feel no sympathy

Nope. Its either remakes of old stories like Devdas or Umrao Jaan that have already been adapted to screen, remakes of old films like Sholay and Don, or remakes of HW/HK films

There is no shortage of novels, short stories, and plays that haven't been adapted. Why not use those as source material?