Devdas
Devdas – front cover | |
| Author | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | GCS |
Publication date | 30 June 1917 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Devdas (Bengali: দেবদাস, transliterated as Dēbôdās) is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden childhood love; and Chandramukhi, a reformed courtesan (tawaif). Devdas has been adapted on screen 20 times for film and 5 times for single song.
The character of Parvati was based on a real life second wife of zamindar Bhuvan Mohan Chowdhury, It was said that the writer had even visited that village. According to sources, the original village was called Hatipota.