Devdas

Nominated for Best Film not in the English Language at the 2003 BAFTAs, this Bollywood romance-drama centres on star-crossed lovers separated by the caste system.

Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated and leaves home. He becomes an alcoholic womanizer and falls in love with a courtesan. Paro tries to get Devdas away from drinking before he self destructs.

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