On the eve of her marriage, Malti, a village girl, finds herself a target of hateful gossip spread by some of the villagers, questioning her chastity. To evade the disrepute caused to her and her family, Malti runs away to the city. The villagers and her family assume her to be dead. In the city Malti finds job as a maid in a hotel where she meets Raj, the Zamindar's (Landowner) younger brother. He has come to the city to learn music. Soon he gets into the habit of drinking. Rani, who has been looking after him, has fallen in love with him. She tries to discourage him from drinking. Raj returns back home to his village, and at the same time Rani leaves her job at the hotel and trains to be a nurse. When Raj's drinking becomes a problem, Rani is called to nurse him back to health. The Zamindar now realises he had wrongly believed the village gossip, and he is happy to have Raj and Rani marry.
, 2h19 Réalisé parP.C. Barua GenresDrame, Romance ThèmesAlcoolisme, Maladie, La musique, Psychotrope, Sexualité, Erotique, Prostitution, Musique, Bollywood ActeursKundan Lal Saigal, Jamuna Barua, P.C. Barua, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, Rajkumari, Phani Sarma Rôle Parbati Note59% Au tournant du XX siècle au Bengale, Devdas (K.L. Saigal) est un jeune homme insouciant d'une vingtaine d'années qui fréquente Parvati (Jamuna), une jeune fille de son village qu'il connait depuis qu'ils ont fréquenté ensemble les bancs de l'école. Elle est amoureuse de lui et voudrait bien l'épouser, mais lui laisse planer le doute. Un jour, le père de Devdas, un riche propriétaire terrien, décide de l'envoyer à Calcutta poursuivre ses études. Il essaye de résister mais la pression familiale est trop forte et, à contre-cœur, il doit quitter son village et Parvati. À Calcutta chez son oncle, il fait la connaissance de Chunilal (A.H. Shore), un agent d'assurance filou et bon-vivant qui tente de transformer le jeune villageois timide en citadin à la mode.
Mahim and Suresh are childhood friends, both in love with Achala. Suresh is rich but adheres to conventional values while Mahim is from a poor family but well-educated. Achala has been given a liberal Brahmo Samaj upbringing. Though fond of both friends, she chooses to marry Mahim and they shift to a village. Achala gradually becomes dissatisfied. Their house burns down and Mahim falls ill. Suresh arrives to nurse Mahim back to health and goes with them to a health resort for Mahim to recover. Achala is attracted to Suresh and they both elope. She later returns to Mahim who forgives her.