tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post3754895000521462830..comments2023-10-20T06:17:52.082-07:00Comments on Roti Kapada aur Rum: Filmi-ish Essay - Devdas a useless lafunga or heartbroken lover?Rumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-44433651309612889482010-02-22T23:39:49.759-08:002010-02-22T23:39:49.759-08:00Bollywooddeewana - thanks for checking both filmi ...Bollywooddeewana - thanks for checking both filmi essays out, despite the long RK one! I try not to read so much about celebs personal lives, but I'm a sucker for vintage gossip, especially the spicy Meena Kumari book i read recently. <br />Devdas is such a small novella but it packs so many layers in there that directors can always experiment with some good or bad results!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-32486467485864896052010-02-22T20:26:12.010-08:002010-02-22T20:26:12.010-08:00Wowwhat a great dissection of the devdas novel, wa...Wowwhat a great dissection of the devdas novel, wasn't too keen on both films on first viewing but your posts makes me wanna revisit them, although flawed as you've pointed out in your post. I consider The novel even though i've never read it a classic and well thought out the psychological twists and multiple layers of the characters is mindblowing<br /><br />By the way i read your Raj Post and i had no idea his work borrowed heavily from Charlie Chaplin's films, i thought it was just the comical act. And regarding what you said about him in his personal life i avoid reading about my favourite celebs biographies, i am usually just content with interviews from magazines, i tend to stay away from too many details about their private life as in some cases it takes away from the pleasure of enjoying their workbollywooddeewanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04916533314639410268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-23315795318193016002010-02-05T23:27:53.766-08:002010-02-05T23:27:53.766-08:00Bollyviewer - thanks! Its verry true that Devdas i...Bollyviewer - thanks! Its verry true that Devdas is a wallower in the shite circumstances that he himself created and was too dumb and emo to fix! And perhaps thats why i SRK's version of him seemed to be apt and over the top, because he really is that annoying, but alas i love him in a deep corner of my dil!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-54905124158779142152010-02-04T17:43:40.151-08:002010-02-04T17:43:40.151-08:00Beautifully written, Rum. I must admit to finding ...Beautifully written, Rum. I must admit to finding Devdas VERY annoying - its not enough that he is indecisive, self-centered and selfish, he also has to be loathesomely self-pitying! HOW could any woman find him attractive? And yet two interesting and attractive women do - makes me want to get their head examined. But then, Saratchandra's heroes were always man-children, with absolutely no growth arcs AT ALL!Bollyviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270927806254662068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-72652662262114675032010-02-04T12:46:59.658-08:002010-02-04T12:46:59.658-08:00Ajnabi - I kinda liked a Tale Of Two Cities, just ...Ajnabi - I kinda liked a Tale Of Two Cities, just the movie versions of it! I love Dickens so much but that was hard to get through!<br /><br />Filmi Girl - Thanks! I would definitely choose a DevD over the 2002 Devdas any day because Aishwariya made Paro seem really dim and not bold at all!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-57509037992082691742010-02-04T09:42:12.912-08:002010-02-04T09:42:12.912-08:00@ajnabi UGH! I loathed "A Tale of Two Cities&...@ajnabi UGH! I loathed "A Tale of Two Cities" hard core.<br /><br />I've been pondering doing a Devdas v. Dev. D along the lines of the Don v. Don I did.<br /><br />Devdas reminds me more of Hamlet, actually...<br /><br />And lovely job, Rum!Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182245444783020664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313270895631811617.post-76760438368451194062010-02-03T14:26:44.711-08:002010-02-03T14:26:44.711-08:00Devdas = Major Annoyingness, but so's Romeo an...Devdas = Major Annoyingness, but so's Romeo and no one's arguing Romeo and Juliet isn't a classic. I think it would be great for it to be represented in world literature textbooks, but I also think that other, more user-friendly classics (I'm thinking "Tale of Two Cities" vs. all the depressing stuff we were forced to read) would be good to include.ajnabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.com