Along with Bhansali and other crews, he did extensive research on Calcuttan building design from the period of the British Raj. Nitin Chandrakant Desai built the sets between August 2000 and May 2001 and spent ₹200 million (US$4.12 million). The screenplay was written by him and Prakash Ranjit Kapadia, who also wrote the dialogue. However, the rejection of their marriage by his own family sparks his descent into alcoholism, ultimately leading to his emotional deterioration and him seeking refuge with the golden-hearted courtesan Chandramukhi (Dixit).īhansali was inspired to remake the novel into a film after reading it for a second time, and announced the project in November 1999. Based on the 1917 novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, the film narrates the story of Devdas Mukherjee (Khan), a wealthy law graduate who returns from London to marry his childhood friend, Parvati 'Paro' (Rai). It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles, with Jackie Shroff, Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, and Vijayendra Ghatge in supporting roles. Devdas is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bharat Shah under his banner, Mega Bollywood.
