---
title: 'Devdas (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bimal Roy'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 159
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/devdas-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047990/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Devdas (1955)

1955 · 159 min · Drama, Romance · India

Original title: देवदास

## Synopsis

Devdas is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the 1917 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas. It starred Dilip Kumar in the title role, Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati "Paro" and Vyjayanthimala in her first dramatic role as a tawaif named Chandramukhi. Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Murad, Pratima Devi, Iftekhar, Shivraj co-starred, along with Pran and Johnny Walker in extended cameo appearances.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bimal Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bimal-roy)
- **Producer:** [Bimal Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bimal-roy)
- **Screenplay:** [Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarat-chandra-chattopadhyay)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sachin Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sachin-dev-burman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kamal Bose](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamal-bose)

## Cast

- [Roma Dasgupta](https://cinepixo.com/people/roma-dasgupta) as Parvati
- [Iftekhar](https://cinepixo.com/people/iftekhar)
- [Vyjayanthimala](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyjayanthimala) as dancer
- [Dilip Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dilip-kumar) as Devdas
- [Pran](https://cinepixo.com/people/pran)
- [Murad](https://cinepixo.com/people/murad)

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