Dev.D

Dev D
Dev D
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Written by	Anurag Kashyap; Vikramaditya Motwane
Screenplay by	Anurag Kashyap
Based on	Devdas; by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced by	Ronnie Screwvala
Starring	Abhay Deol; Mahie Gill; Kalki Koechlin
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Edited by	Aarti Bajaj
Music by	Amit Trivedi
Production; companies	UTV Spotboy; Bindass
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	6 February 2009;
Running time	144 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	11 crore
Box office	20.82 crore

Dev.D is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama 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,^[3]^[4] previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.^[5] Dev.D received positive critical reviews.^[6]^[7] The film is set in contemporary Punjab and Delhi, where familial ties are negotiated by the traditional system and marriages are a game of power and a matter of honour.

The film's release was accompanied by a tie-in mobile video game based on the film, it was released by UTV Indiagames.^[8]

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