Meaning of Devdas | Babel Free
Examples
“"I don't know⟳," he had said and sighed, Devdas style: "I don't know⟳," Everyone wants to be a Devdas, at least for a while — or perhaps only for a while. Tragic hero.”
“It reminds me very much of the Devdas character that so suffuses Indian cinema, not just in the 1935 and 1955 film versions, but as a 'Devdas effect' in Hindi melodramas, especially those of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt.”
“Indians everywhere recognized that when somebody pined, longed, and raged for someone else, they were "doing a Devdas."”
“The character of Kashyap's Dev, although it is built on the same model⟳ as traditional Devdases, is different and suffers for other reasons.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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