No matter what position one takes on his personality, one has to certainly agree to the claim that Sharath Chandra's Bengali novel Devadas, is a magnum opus on unrequited love. Starting with K.L.Saigal, some of the best known names in Indian cinema - ANR, Dilip Kumar etc-have played their odes to this character by brilliantly portraying him on the celluloid. Moreover, all these actors benefited immensely by doing this role and till this day, people shower rich accolades on them. But Superstar Krisha is probably the only hero in the Indian cinema, who will be remembered for not getting any mileage out of this role.

Cast: Superstar, Vijayanirmala, Jayanthi, Satyanarayana, Prabhakar Reddy, Gummadi, Jaggayya, Sreedhar, Pandaribaayi and others
Subtitles: English
Banner: Vijaya Krishna movies
Presented by: Superstar Krishna
Music: Ramesh Naidu..

Devadas (Krishna) and Parvathy (Vijaya Nirmala) are child hood friends who become soul mates with the passage of time. But Devadas's inability to act against the wishes of his parents separates the two lovers forever and Parvathy marries another Zamindar (Gummadi). A shipwrecked Devadas becomes a chronic alcoholic and befriends a beautiful courtesan Chandramukhi (Jayanthi). But even her unflinching devotion does not give him solace and he sets out to meet Parvathy for one last time. The story ends when Devadas dieing just few yards away from Parvathy's house.

A controlled performance from Krishna in the title role, good direction by Vijayanirmala, a huge casting ensemble, melodious music by Ramesh Naidu- "Jeevitham Yeemiti,Veluthuru Cheekati","Meghaalaloona theelaali", "Porigintidoragaariki pogaruekkuva","Idhi niseedha samayam" and dialogues loaded with philosophy make this a good film per se.