Abhay Deol celebrates 15 years of Dev.D: 'Maybe I should start...'

Dev D a film directed by Anurag Kashyap is marking its 15th anniversary today The movie was released in 2009 and offered a fresh perspective on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyays classic novel Devdas This unique take on Devdas earned high praise at the time of its release for its inventive storytelling and performances particularly from Abhay Deol in the lead roleAbhay Deol celebrates 15 years of DevDOn February 7 Abhay Deol took to Instagram to reminisce and think about how Dev D has completed 15 years He said Itrsquos 15 years today since the release of DevD I still remember pitching the idea of a contemporary musical version of Devdas to Anurag at the juhu Marriott The shock and excitement on his face is etched in my memoryTalking about how the final moments of his version of Dev D he said My ending was different from what he made though I had Dev get shot by the cops outside Parorsquos house because by the end of the film hersquos a drug dealer But the happy ending gave my character redemption and it clearly workedConcluding the caption Abhay Deol wrote I still wonder where we would be had we killed him off Dev the drug dealer the original chauvinist he was always far beyond redemption for me from the start lol Either way I have never pitched another idea to anyone in the industry since then Maybe I should start focusing on development once againAbhay Deol work frontRecentlyAbhay Deol who is gearing up for his next lsquoBun Tikkirsquo on Sunday shared a picture from the last day of shootingTaking to Instagram story Abhay treated fans with a selfie featuring himself and crew at the backSharing the photo he wrote ldquoLast day last shot Gonna miss this crewrdquoRecently Abhay shared a picture with Shabana Azmi and Zeenat Aman along with a sweet note He recalled being an underconfident and bullied child The note read ldquoI was quite the under confident under achieving bullied child No one had any expectations of me and neither did I inspire confidence from anyone But thatrsquos the beauty of life anything is possible so donrsquot stop learning Now here I am working with these two legends thezeenataman and azmishabana18 pictured here along with my director farazarifansari who is not a legend yetrdquoHe added ldquoBelieve in yourself validate yourself itrsquos the internal that influences the external Only you can put yourself down or up donrsquot give that power away to anyone Our film ldquoBun Tikkirdquo is almost over and like me itrsquos a little film that dares to dream big So can you Thank you farazarifansari for believing in melsquoBun Tikkirsquo stands out as the most anticipated debut picture of the year bringing together two renowned actors Shabana Azmi and Zeenat Aman on the big screen