{"id":5037,"date":"2023-11-15T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:30:56","slug":"arachnophonia-don-devdas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/11\/arachnophonia-don-devdas\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia:  Don &#038; Devdas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a>   (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n<p>All links included in these posts will take you to either the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">library catalog records<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for the items in question<\/a> or to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_(2006_Hindi_film)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">additional relevant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devdas_(2002_Hindi_film)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">information from<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2022\/bollywood\/a-devdas-for-every-generation\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Kiran (class of 2024) and features two Bollywood films <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Don<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devdas<\/a><\/strong>.  Thanks, Kiran!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Don (2006)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Devdas (2002)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=584%2C584\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2023\/11\/Don-Devdas.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UR\u2019s South Asian Fusion team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ur_bollywood_jhatkas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bollywood Jhatkas<\/a>, recently performed to some of their favorite remake songs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegianur.com\/article\/2023\/10\/13th-annual-celebration-of-dance-a-spotlight-for-the-dancers-at-ur\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">13th annual Celebration of Dance<\/a>. At the music library, we have a select number of Bollywood films, two of which are remakes! <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devdas<\/a><\/em> are two beloved classics that were redone in the early 2000s. Many of the songs were also reused and were given a more updated take. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_cJRiAfr2PE?si=88SPwtPCoYYE_cPF\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bollywood is notorious for recycling their classics, but it\u2019s also received a lot of backlash in recent years. Critics are saying that they\u2019ve run out of ideas and continue to ruin old movies. Some of the movies and songs are very well done, whereas others take away from the classic charm. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devdas<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don<\/a><\/em> are two very controversial films because of this. Personally, I have only known the newer versions, and I have grown to love them. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shah_Rukh_Khan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shah Rukh Khan<\/a> can truly play almost any role and knows how to draw an audience in. You can watch these <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9915793393606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma998704363606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">films<\/a> by checking them out at <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tuHQWGMQwY?si=bDL8HsaKAuuWw_TC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/11\/arachnophonia-don-devdas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15223],"tags":[231005,61217,230860,162445,230559,231003,484,231002,231001,191352,162425,191351,206702,120677,231004,207084],"class_list":["post-5037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection","tag-aishwarya-rai","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-23-24","tag-bollywood","tag-bollywood-jhatkas","tag-celebration-of-dance","tag-dance","tag-devdas","tag-don","tag-hindi","tag-india","tag-kiran","tag-movie-musicals","tag-movies","tag-priyanka-chopra","tag-shah-rukh-khan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-1jf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5042,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions\/5042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}