Jaani Dekha Hobe (2011)
Género : Romance, Drama, Música
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 44M
Director : Birsa Dasgupta
Sinopsis
A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.
Devdas es enviado lejos por su padre para que pueda mejorar a sí mismo, pero a su regreso su padre todavía no le da la bienvenida. Devdas y Paro están enamorados, pero Paro es de una casta inferior y está lista para casarse con un viudo mayor. Devdas está devastado y se va de casa. Se convierte en un mujeriego alcohólico y se enamora de una cortesana. Paro intenta alejar a Devdas de la bebida antes de que se autodestruya.
Basada en un relato de Rabindranath Tagore ambientado a finales del siglo XIX, cuando la India era todavía una colonia inglesa. Charu, una mujer de la alta sociedad bengalí que lleva una vida ociosa, está casada con Bhupati. Éste, que ha heredado una fortuna, utiliza su dinero para publicar un periódico político, y se siente orgulloso de no haberse dejado arrastrar por la comodidad y la desidia.
Relata la juventud de Apu en Benarés, su deseo de independizarse y estudiar en Calcuta para poder llevar una vida diferente a la que han conocido sus padres. Segundo film de la "Trilogía de Apu".
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