Yes, this movie stands tall in all its forms. The movie is a must watch because you rarely find this kind of perfection in an Indian movie. Strong storyline, top class direction, superb acting by all the leads and the subordinates as well and my most preferred and the mainly missing component of an Indian movie is its Excellent soundtrack. Amit Trivedi take a bow. I wanted to watch such a movie and never expected to be of this standards even after reading the reviews as you know the Indian critics exaggerate everything. Bu t man this is a class in itself. Keeping minor flaws aside this movie was Perfect. We need such movies in India and with Anurag Kashyap there it seems possible.

"The path towards self destruction has fancied all men but all do it in a quiet corner of their day dream or with a peg of whisky along a buddy's weekend. But what if someone is really on a confused path of self destruction? Well then you are a DevD. The film came to Anurag via Abhay when Abhay was in Las Vegas and heard the story of a regular Romeo who used to visit a strip club in vengeance of a lost relation. Anurag agreed almost instantly when Abhay proposed and the duo decided to film it with a modern tango of the "Sarat Chandra" classic "devdas". Anurag decided to use Punjab to set up the childhood context of Dev and Paro while shifting the youth to Pahargang in Delhi. Both turned out to be a great move as Paro here is a lady from the village. She is rustic yet sexually provocative. Dev retains the flavor of a rich US return man who is indeed driven by his desire of lust and his tall ego of the riches just adds to his long list of weakness. The result was that Paro dumps him as she saw no future in her relationship. Enter Chandra, when a school girl discovers her transition to adulthood and does a blunder of a mms that goes backfire and viral. A sorry state to be family disowned and hence finally shifts in underground escort services in Delhi. Chuni plays a role of a story catalyst and helps and disowns Dev as his needs. A parasite who plays his cards with the chemistry of Dev and Chandra and then just vanishes. The film was cult and a trend setter in camera work where Anurag used a point to shoot 11 frame camera imported from Amsterdam to shoot Dev's hallucinations while drunk. The "twilights players" are a real bunch who played cons as the story progressed. The song "Saali Khushi" was actually a mistaken take for "Saari Khushi" and the wrong take was finally selected for the punch. The story paces very fast as the film hits delhi and one can see Dev getting trapper more in the state of confusion of love and addictions. His destiny goes against him when he gets in a hit and run case and loses his rich father. Dev's final attempt to seek truth about his love takes him to the northern hills which sets the climax and his ground touch. Frustrated, weak, poor Dev takes a rebirth along the same old momo galli in delhi when Chandra rescues him. The sudden end of the film adds to end the loop that audience goes through and a clear depart from the classic. Anurag thankfully ends it on a high note and this is what the film stands out from the numerous prior devdas films. DevD for sure would remain one of the best works of Anurag and Abhay, no doubt this film is a collector's item and I am sure you dnt mind watching it again tonight. Just a word of caution Devdas is and will always be a looser. His sorry state of affairs make him a legend, so dnt take him too seriously. Just enjoy the film".

I had watched Anurag Kashyap's earlier works like 'No Smoking', 'Black Friday', 'Gangs of Wasseypur 1', etc.However, nothing prepared me for the ride that was Dev D.I must admit that I am rather late on watching this movie, that was released in 2009. However I am glad that I did.This movie is no less, than any movie made by any of Hollywood's top Directors.It has rebooted the entire Devdas Genre, and given it an entirely new perspective. Shahrukh Khan's Devdas, just simply pales in comparison.The visuals in this movie are completely breathtaking. Raw as well as stylish. Completely blows your mind. Esp the shoots around Paharganj in Delhi. Plus the dizzy camera-work, that very often show a head-on perspective of Dev. The background score is also commendable. A decade ago, movies such as these were unthinkable.Dev D surely deserves to be listed on IMDb top 250.

Insanity finds a new avatar in this celluloid flux that moves like a vagabond. Erratic from the word go, the most audacious display of characterization, brazen , bold, and in your face...from the rustic fields of Punjab, to the mean streets of Delhi with a detour to London and some snow-capped destination, this voyage of voyeurism is deftly told by Mr. Debonair director , Anurag Kashyap. The message comes in Vodka bottles, in smokes and fumes, and in graffiti drenched dark dingy rooms and sometime in pink papers.We have all hell breaking loose here...with a no holds barred , dare to bare,pervert look at the contemporary Devdas...complete with Paro , Chandramukhi and Chunni Lal!God Must Be Crazy ? Otherwise, Paro is not a damsel Chandramukhi is not just a hooker...and Chunni Lal is ain't no booker ?!And what about Devdas...the quintessential lover boy who looses it all in the bottle? Well, well, well....he is out there...a Punjabi munda on the rocks! He doesn't care a damn about love...what matters is whats on the platter...Groundbreaking Music (hikknaal, mahi menu, Pardesi ), earth shattering lyrics (Emotional Attaychar, Saali Khushi), Mindbending screenplay, Earthy cinematography and topnotch performances by Abhay Deol (Dev), Mahie Gill (Paro) and Chanda (Kalki Keochlin)....this is heady cocktail of modern sociology.Mind it....the flavor is strong. Incredibly Intoxicating!