2009 · drama · musical
Dev.D
Directed by Anurag Kashyap2h 24m2009
The son of a wealthy businessman finds solace in drugs and alcohol when he breaks up with his childhood love.
Our read: Dev.D (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive drama · musical entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / musical, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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How Dev.D feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a punk-rock Devdas remake soaked in Delhi nightlife.”
Skip it tonight — You want wholesome romance or can't handle addiction and explicit sex.
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