After Sanjay Leela Bhansaliâs Devdas, director Anurag Kashyap is all set to make the modern version of Devdas with Abhay Deol playing the lead role. His film will be called Dev.D and will be a modern day take on Devdas. The film will showcase how Devdas deals with todayâs issues.
Anurag informs that Abhay Deol came up with an idea of making Modern Devdas. Abhay and his friend Devika Bhagat developed the idea and informed Anurag during the Football World Cup last year. Vikramaditya Motwani has done the screenplay of the film and Anurag himself will direct it.
Speaking to IndiaFM Anurag said, âItâs in the writing process and itâs too early to talk about. I have zeroed down on three people- Abhay Deol who will play the title role, Mahi Gill will play Paro and Dibyendu Bhattacharya will play Chunilal''s character. Itâs a complete modern take on the book and not on Bhansaliâs or Bimal Royâs film. The original story is on self pity but this is not as much as on self pity rather itâs a story on self discovery. All the characters will be the same but with a completely new take on it.
When asked about modern Devdasâs look he quips, âItâs a completely realistic and todayâs film. He will be seen in modern clothes like jeans and T-shirts. He will fight too.â Anuragâs forthcoming film No Smoking is under post production and will release in September.