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Here is some food for thought, Sudhir’s Mishra’s adaptation of Devdas will end on a happy note! This will surely not go down by the purists as it takes a total u-turn from the plot of the classic  Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s book.

The film’s producer, Pritish Nandy is nonchalant about this.

“Classics mutate with time. They change so many colours. I decided to do our own version of ‘Devdas’ after I saw Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s version. As a Bengali, I couldn’t connect with his lavish operatic mood. Saratchandra’s version of the tale was all about austerity, holding back rather than unleashing a torrent of emotions,” he said.

Nandy seems undaunted by the criticism awaiting him. “Fear of falling has never stopped me from climbing higher. Our ‘Devdas’ goes back to its literary roots, though it’s set in contemporary times.”

While we are for change can you imagine Romeo or Juliet with the lovers re-uniting and not dying?