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Devadasu is a Tollywood film that released on 11 January 2006 and was directed and produced by YVS Chowdary. Debutants Ram and Ileana D'Cruz play the main leads while Sayaji Shinde plays the negative role. Indian actress Shriya Saran sizzles the audience with a special role.This film also won 2 Filmfare Awards South. This film was both Ram's and Ileana D'Cruz's debut film as artists. The movie Dubbed in Malayalam as Devdas also remade in Bengali as Paglu (2011). It was later dubbed in Hindi as Sabse Bada Dilwala.
Devadasu is a 1953 Indian bilingual romance film, directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah and produced by D. L. Narayana for Vinodha Pictures. Aluri Chakrapani wrote the script based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, Devdas. C. R. Subbaraman composed the film's music. The film was edited by P. V. Narayanan, while B. S. Ranga provided the cinematography.
The film focuses on Devadasu and Parvati, who have been in love since childhood. Parvati's father objects to the relationship and forces her to marry a middle-aged zamindar. Unable to cope with his failure to win Parvati, Devadas turns into a drunkard, and the rest of the film is about whether or not Devadas meets Parvati again.
The film was produced in Telugu and Tamil (as Devadas) with slightly different casts. Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, and Lalitha played the lead roles in both versions; supporting roles were played by S. V. Ranga Rao, Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu, Dorasamy and Surabhi Kamalabai in the Telugu version, and by M. N. Nambiar, Sachu and Chandrakumari in the Tamil version. Devadasu is the inaugural recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu.
Devadasu was released on 26 June 1953, and the Tamil version was released three months later, on 11 September 1953. Both versions were critically and commercially successful. The Telugu version has since achieved cult status, with terms and phrases from the film being widely cited. Both versions proved to be a major breakthrough in Nageswara Rao's career.
Devadasu may refer to:
- Devadasu (1953 film), a 1953 Indian Telugu-Tamil bilingual film
- Devadasu (1974 film), a 1974 Telugu film
- Devadasu (2006 film), a 2006 Telugu film
Devadasu is a 1974 Telugu romance film based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas. It was directed by Vijaya Nirmala.