Dev D (2009)

Director and writer Anurag Kashyap has done a brilliant job and the movie is more than just another remake of Devdas. Besides some kickass dialogues, the movie also has some great music and visuals that go on to create just the right atmosphere – the open fields, the lacy mannequin filled boudoir of a prostitute or Dev's stoned moments. It also brings in three men in suit who watch Dev's destruction. The choreography of Pardesi and Emosanal Atyachaar is mind blowing. For starters, Paro and Dev are Punjabis and their story is set in rural Punjab and Delhi as opposed to Bengalis. Paro takes a backseat, you see Dev for what he is and Chanda gets her due. Dev (Abhay Deol) is...