Composed by Amit Trivedi , the soundtrack features 18 tracks that blend rock, jazz, folk, and electronic music. The hit song "Emotional Atyachaar" became a cultural anthem, and Trivedi won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
The film won several awards, including:
Anurag Kashyap’s remains a landmark in contemporary Indian cinema for its audacious, drug-fueled, and visually psychedelic reimagining of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic novel, Devdas . Shifting the tragedy from feudal Bengal to the neon-lit underbelly of modern-day Delhi and Punjab, the film replaces melodrama with a gritty, self-destructive realism that defined the "new wave" of Bollywood. Core Themes and Narrative Style Dev.D (2009)
