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Adaptation of Devdas looks at love through the eyes of Chandramukhi
Updated On: 18 November, 2018 09:40 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
A new theatrical adaptation of Devdas re-imagines the anguish of love through the eyes of Chandramukhi
Director Saif Hyder Hasan has always been curious about stories that have unfulfilled love at the heart of its narrative. Among these, what stands out, he says, is Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novella Devdas. "It's the mother of all unfulfilled love stories. In fact, it's our answer to Romeo-Juliet," says Hasan of the Indian literary classic.
It's this anguish of youthful love that got him interested in pursuing the story - a love-triangle between Devdas, his lover Paro and Chandrumukhi, which is set in the early 1900s - for a new theatrical experience, to be staged today. Only this time, Hasan has "re-imagined" Chattopadhyay's masterpiece from Chandramukhi's - the glamorous courtesan - point of view. "If you've read the novel, Chandrumukhi is a far more complex character than has been showed in the various film adaptations.
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