‘DC’ review: ‘Devdas’ gets a violent reimagining but fires blanks
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Having made his share of action thrillers, Lokesh Kanagaraj now stars in one. Arun Matheswaran’s DC stars the curly-haired director as the ‘D’ in ‘DC’: Devadas.
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Yup, the same one who ruined himself through obsessive love and alcohol in Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s classic novel Devdas. In DC, made in Tamil and dubbed into Telugu and Hindi, the destruction is turned outward while the alcohol continues to be copiously imbibed.
If ashes could turn, they would.
Kanagaraj’s Devadas is the leading light of a gang of armed robbers. Their latest heist brings them in the crosshairs of the police officer Bhojraj (Krish Dayal), who is keenly following the advice given to him by his boss: “Be brutal.”
Devadas and his mates, including Kitty (Avinash Raghudevan), go on the run, cutting down whoever crosses their path. But a heart of gold throbs behind Devadas’s epilated chest, compelling him to behave like Robin Hood when required and fall for sad-faced women who are awaiting rescue.
Devadas doesn’t succeed with the club singer Parvathi (Sanjana AK) but fares better with the rose-clutching sex worker Chandra (Wamiqa Gabbi). This Bonnie and Clyde pairing – a helpful poster at the brothel confirms the peak detailing – cuts a bloody swathe through the countryside, with Bhojraj in hot pursuit.
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