Dev Singh(Abhay Deol) is the son of a millionaire who has been packed off to London for being a nuisance in his father's life. While there, he is in touch with his childhood sweetheart Paro, daughter of his father's manager.
How deep the relationship may have been is never exactly known. However it is made evident that Dev is someone who goes for the skin. So when he receives a nude picture of Paro, he drops everything and returns to Chandigarh.
Paro (Mahi Gill) is a fiery and intelligent girl – she has topped all the examinations we are told. So she doesn't mind going up to a local bloke and asking him the keys to his room 'because my Dev is in town'.
On not getting the room, she carries a huge mattress to the middle of a sugarcane field and pinning her man onto it.
Deol is perfectly cast here, and the actor (who conceptualized the film) drips coolth and 'typical Indian' male chauvinism in equal measure. The attitude and arrogance of the spoilt Punjabi lad is brought out with astounding realism, and once again the courageous young actor packs a solid punch.
Movie Review: Dev D;
Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill and introducing Kalki Koechlin;
Director: Anurag Kashyap;
Rating: ***.
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