DevD.

(2009)
Script Analysis Table
Script Component Break Up
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3)

Sequence

Time Code/
Duration

Childhood
Paro infoming Dev that his
father is looking for you angrily.
Hell send you abroad.
Paro-Dev relation established
as childhood mates.
Devs father decides to send
Dev abroad.
Dev goes abroad.

01:4004:57/
3:17min

Adulthood
Dev and Paro chatting online.
Paro is touching herself while
chatting.
Dev asks for a naked
photograph of her.
Paro clicks, goes Chandigarh to
print and scan.
After seeing photo Dev says,
Im coming back
Devs arrival and romance erupts
Dev arrives on Dwijs haldi.
First meeting of Dev-Paro
interrupted by Paros father.
Both trying to make out in
another meeting but again
interrupted by Paros father.
Dev asks Paro to arrange a
place.
Paro asks Sunil to give his
rooms key. Sunil refuses.
Dev goes out with Rasika, they
share an intimate moment but
dev stop himself in between.

04:57-8:23/
3:26min

8:23-20:18/
11:55min

Remarks

Paro and Chanda

see each other in
train to
Chandigarh.

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5)

Dev-Paro misunderstanding
Paro sees Dev and Rasika
coming back together from
farm.
Sunil provokes Dev by saying
that he had sex with Paro and
she is characterless.
Dev smashes beer bottle on his
head.
Paro takes mattresses to
sugarcane fields and invites
Dev there.
Dev arrives, Paro starts getting
intimate with him.
Dev pushes her off and goes as
he is still thinking what Sunil
said.
Paro get to know about
marriage proposal of Bhuvan,
when she comes back.
She refuses in anger and ask
her parents to have a word with
Devs family.
Dev makes out with Rasika.
Paro confronts him but Dev
disowns her by saying that you
are not eligible to marry me.
Paro confronts sunil and beats
him.
Paros wedding.
At Dwijs wedding, Paro agrees
to marry Bhuvan.
Devs father shows concern to
Dev that he always thought
Paro will be their daughter-inlaw but Dev has ruin his taste
after going abroad.
Devs alcoholism increases as
Paros wedding preparations
going on.
Dev passes out due to alcohol
on Paros wedding.

20:1834:17/
13:59min

34:1744:24/
10:07min

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7)

8)

Chandas life
Lennie (later Chanda) is a
school going teenager.
She has loving parents.
She bunks her school to meet
her boyfriend.
Boyfriend films her during their
intimate moments.
Her life goes as hell as her MMS
went to all.
Aftermath
Media coverage of incident
gives social shock to family.
They leave country with
Chanda.
Parents keep on restricting
Chanda to go outside.
Chanda confront her father,
when he said I saw that MMS;
she knew about getting filmed.
Chanda asks how you could see
that.
Her father commits suicide.

44:3048:25/
3:55min

Finding her way (aankh michauli)

After fathers suicide, her
mother starts sinking in alcohol
and smoking.
A guy turn up to marry her.
Chandas been sent to Punjab
at her fathers native place.
After taunting behavior of
relatives and non-responsive
mother, she leaves for Delhi.
She tries to get in touch with
friends but nobody responds.
Spotted by a sex worker during
struggle and Chunni introduces
her to prostitution at Paharganj.

51:5358:37/
6:44min

48:2551:53/
3:28min

Pahraganj journey (payaliya)

Chanda advances herself into
different realms of prostitution.
Also takes admission in college
after clearing 12th.
Chunni brings her bike.
Social behavior remains same
around her.

58:3701:01:48/
3:11min

10)

Dev in Delhi (alcohol strive)

Dev living in a cheap hotel.
Pick up a girl but no sex.
Spotted by Chunni the pimp
while looking for alcohol.
Chuuni takes Dev to a secret
bar.
Dev passes out after long
session (pardesi song).
Chunni brings him to Chandas.

01:01:4801:13:37/
10:49min

11)

Starving sex
Dev stalks at Paro and Bhuvan.
Calls Rasika to meet.
Rasika leaves him in disgust as
Dev is only looking for sex.
Dev imagining Paro on bed.
Reaches to Chanda again.

01:13:3701:21:52/
8:15min

9)

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Chanda and frustration

First conversation of Dev and
Chanda.
Dev leaves in disgust and
angst.
Devs father is not well but
doesnt tell Dev. (purchase him
a car)
Dwij is unhappy.

01:21:5201:29:43/
7:51min

13)

Last confrontation with Paro.

Dev calls Paro in late night.
Bhuvan refuses to let him talk
in night.
Dev shop various alcoholic
items and goes to unconscious
sleep.
Paros call wakes him up.
Paro comes to meet him in
hotel.
Dev confesses his love and
mistake.
Paro getting involve in chores
of room.
Dev ask her to make love to
him.
She agrees but doesnt respond
in bed, so nothing happens.
Later, teases him with taunts
about him being selfish.
Dev throws her out.
Paro goes mourning. (nayan
tarse)

01:29:4301:40:08/
10:25min

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15)

Exchanging stories.
Dev sinks himself in alcohol
and reaches Chandas with
Chunni.
Dev sleeps there.
Next day goes out with Chanda
and tell her about Paro.
Chanda says Paro said the right
thing about you.
Dev comes to know about
Chandas misery through video
and her diary.
They goes out in night again.
Dev takes his car and they go
around club and pool. Chanda
also shows him steaming
momos, where she usually
goes.
Broken promise.
In morning, Chanda goes to
college.
Dev promises her to stay there
till she come back.
Even confesses his love for her.
Chunni tries to create
misunderstanding.
A client asks for Chanda.
As Chanda comes back, Dev
leaves.

01:40:0801:52:33/
12:25min

01:52:3301:57:19/
4:46min

16)

Sinks again
Dev throws the ring in dustbin,
he wanted to present to
Chanda. Chunni finds it.
Starts drinking heavily again
and driving around.
Accident occurs. He kills seven
men sleeping on footpath.

01:57:192:00:00/
2:41min

17)

Aftermath and crisis

Devs been hospitalized.
Media coverage talks about the
case and his father.
Lawyer sends Dev to Punjab as
his father dies.
Dev attends funeral.
Dwij gives him money for
lawyer and makes him leave
with driver.

2:00:002:06:06/
6:06min

18)

Final journey of return.

Dev realizes his and Paros ego
clashes.
Asks driver to hang around with
him, instead taking him to
Delhi.
Driver ditches him for money
and leave him on road later.
Dev goes around mountains
with a stranger on bike.
(duniya)
Comes back as his health goes
bad and finds driver.
Reaches back to Delhi.

2:06:062:10:48/
4:42min

19)

Finding Chanda
Dev drinking and thinking of
Chanda.
Takes a beating as unable to
pay bill.
In morning, sudden accident of
similar sort he did makes him
realize the need for reframing
life.
Finally finds Chanda at
steaming momos.

2:10:482:17:30/
6:42min

What Gulaals
protagonist doing
in bar?

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The climax
Dev realizing that he never
loved Paro as Chanda giving
him bath.
Chanda shows her the ring he
threw in dustbin, and tells she
left prostitution already.
Dev Chanda goes out on bike to
resolve and relive their lives.

2:17:302:18:48/
01:18min