The novel ‘Devdas’ was written by ‘Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’. The novel was written in 1917 and is a Romantic Novel written in the Bengali language.
The novel has been adapted by many Indian filmmakers and made in various languages, including Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, and Malayalam as well a Silent film has also been made. It is one of the most filmed non-epic stories in the Indian Cinema. About 50 films have been made on the adaptation of the Novel Devdas.
Sarat Chandra wrote many novels, and novellas, stories, plays essays and other works. Many new writers of that time followed his writing and carved their writing skills. His novels reach a huge number of people through the medium of film and are still an importance of inspiration for Indian filmmakers. He is considered as the most translated, the most adapted, and the most plagiarized author. His writings were liked and followed by a huge number of audiences and always put publishers on work. As well as, the publishers were never tired of reprinting his works.
