From Devdas to Dev D: A study of the re-incarnation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic “Devdas” into Anurag Kashyap’s popular “Dev-D”

Sarika Chhetry

Abstract


This paper attempts to look into this recreation of the original Devdas, almost a cult Promethean-Romeo figure, into the contemporary good-for-nothing Dev. This drastic change can be read in the lines of Adorno’s idea of mass consumption of the popular culture.

Keywords


Popular Culture; Re creation; Culture Industry; Old and Modern; Mass; Identification

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