(most notably the grand 2002 film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit). The original story of is based on the classic 1917 Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
: The name "Devdas" translates from Sanskrit to "servant of the god" or "devotee of the deity."