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Devadasu (1974)

Devadasu poster
Directed by
Vijaya Nirmala
Genre
romance film
Country
India
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns from his studies to find his childhood love has been married to another. He descends into despair and self-destruction.

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What happens

Devadasu is a 1974 Telugu romance film, with Krishna in the titular roll and directed by Vijaya Nirmala, who also plays Parvati, in her 100th film in lead role. It is based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas, produced by S. Raghunath and presented by Krishna under the Sri Vijaya Krishna Movies banner, with music was composed by Ramesh Naidu. Kotagiri Gopala Rao edited the film, while V. S. R. Swamy provided the cinematography. The film was a commercial failure at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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