Devdas (1935) Hindi | K.L. Saigal | Jamuna | Rajkumari | P.C. Barua

Devdas is a 1935 bengali film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, Devdas. Directed by Pramathesh Barua, it stars K.L. Saigal as Devdas, Jamuna Barua as Parvati and Rajkumari as Chandramukhi. Devdas (Saigal), son of a zamindar, and Parvati (aka Paro) (Jamuna), his poor neighbour’s daughter, are childhood sweethearts. Status and caste differences prevent their marriage and Devdas is sent to Calcutta while Paro is married off to an aged but rich widower. In Calcutta the hero meets the prostitut