Dev.D is an Indian neo-noir film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, it is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic Bengali novel Devdas,previously adapted for the screen by PC Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Dev.D was embraced by the media, critics and public.The film is set against contemporary Punjab and Delhi, where familial ties are negotiated by the traditions of patriarchy and marriages are reduced to a game of power and “honour”.
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