India, Aug. 7 -- Arun Matheswaran has the task of retelling Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali classic Devdas in an engaging manner with DC. From Akkineni Nageswara Rao to Shah Rukh Khan and Abhay Deol, the spoilt alcoholic brat has been immortalised on screen many a time. Now, what can Lokesh Kanagaraj, in his debut as an actor, offer that's different from what we've seen before?

Like any good Devdas adaptation, we have Devadas (Lokesh Kanagaraj), Parvathy (Sanjana Krishnamoorthy) and Chandra (Wamiqa Gabbi) driving this tale. Das is a gangster whose own father no longer speaks to him due to his affinity for violence. Parvathy is a bar singer whose romance with Das is cut short before it can even fully bloom. And then there's the abus...