Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

Dev.D: Culture & Literary Connections

Dev.D is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap. It is a modern-day adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 Bengali novel, Devdas. The film stars Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill and Kalki Koechlin in lead roles. The film is set in modern-day Punjab and Delhi, and follows Devendra Singh "Dev" Dhillon (Abhay…

Language: English [EN]
Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.
100%
More settings
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Dev.D topic overview

The analysis highlights Culture and Literary Connections as prominent areas in the source structure around Dev.D. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
60
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
68
Extracted relationships
125
Concept neighborhoods
24
Bridge connections
68

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 16 topics
Release and reception · 10 topics
Soundtrack · 9 topics
Cast · 8 topics
Production · 8 topics
Cultural references · 5 topics
Plot · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Box office
₹20.82 crore
Budget
₹11 crore
Cinematography
Rajeev Ravi
Country
India
Directed by
Anurag Kashyap

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cultural references

Cast

Production

Release and reception

Soundtrack

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Dev.D connects Entity context

The extracted context around Dev.D shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dev.D → Abhay, Abhay Deol, Abhay Deol's, Animal, Anurag Kashyap, AOL India, Arjun Reddy, Bollywood, Box Office India, Dev, Emotional Attyachar, Hindi, Hindustan Times, India, Indian, Indian Express, Missing Dev, Nikhat Kazmi, No, Noyon Jyoti Parasara Another extracted example is Dev.D → Amit Trivedi, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anusha Mani, Awadhi, Chuck, Critic Joginder Tuteja, December, Dev, Each, Emosanal Attyachaar, Haryanvi, He, Hindustan Times, Indian, Nikhil Taneja, Pardesi, Punjabi, Rahul Bhatia, Released, Shellee. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Dev.D

Top relations

related to Critical response · 29
Dev.D → Abhay, Abhay Deol, Abhay Deol's, Animal, Anurag Kashyap, AOL India, Arjun Reddy, Bollywood, Box Office India, Dev, Emotional Attyachar, Hindi, Hindustan Times, India, Indian, Indian Express, Missing Dev, Nikhat Kazmi, No, Noyon Jyoti Parasara
related to Soundtrack · 25
Dev.D → Amit Trivedi, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anusha Mani, Awadhi, Chuck, Critic Joginder Tuteja, December, Dev, Each, Emosanal Attyachaar, Haryanvi, He, Hindustan Times, Indian, Nikhil Taneja, Pardesi, Punjabi, Rahul Bhatia, Released, Shellee
related to Development · 22
Dev.D → Abhay Deol, Anurag Kashyap, British, Danny Boyle, Delhi, Dev, Devdas, English, For, Generation, He, His, I've, Kashyap, Motwane, Paharganj, Radio Sargam, Ronnie Screwvala, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Talking
related to Initial delays · 20
Dev.D → Abhay, Abhay Deol, After, At, But, Chandramukhi, Despite, Dev, He, It, Kalki, Kalki Koechlin, Kashyap's, Kashyap's No Smoking, Mahi Gill, March, November, United Television, UTV, When Dev
related to Box office · 4
Dev.D → Dev, Hit, Rs, The
related to External links · 3
Dev.D → Dev, IMDbDev, Rotten Tomatoes
related to Release and reception · 3
Dev.D → Dev, Festival, Palm Springs International Film
Based on · 1
Dev.D → Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Box office · 1
Dev.D → ₹20.82 crore
Budget · 1
Dev.D → ₹11 crore

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

dev film abhay delhi deol paro chanda kashyap devdas kalki box office indian chandramukhi anurag gill koechlin music utv mahie

Dev.D relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 125 structured relationships around Dev.D. Examples in this analysis include Dev.D → Based on → Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Dev.D → Box office → ₹20.82 crore. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dev.DBased onDevdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay1.00infobox
Dev.DBox office₹20.82 crore1.00infobox
Dev.DBudget₹11 crore1.00infobox
Dev.DCinematographyRajeev Ravi1.00infobox
Dev.DCountryIndia1.00infobox
Dev.DDirected byAnurag Kashyap1.00infobox
Dev.DDistributed byUTV Motion Pictures1.00infobox
Dev.DEdited byAarti Bajaj1.00infobox
Dev.DLanguageHindi1.00infobox
Dev.DMusic byAmit Trivedi1.00infobox
Dev.DProduced byRonnie Screwvala1.00infobox
Dev.DProduction companiesUTV Spotboy Bindass1.00infobox
Dev.DRelease date6 February 2009 (2009-02-06)1.00infobox
Dev.DRunning time144 minutes1.00infobox
Dev.DStarringAbhay Deol Mahie Gill Kalki Koechlin1.00infobox
Dev.DWritten byAnurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane1.00infobox
Dev.Dis a2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Dev.D bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Kashyap, Deol and Paro. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Dev.D
    • Kashyap
    • Deol
    • Paro
    • Abhay
    • Film
    • Anurag
    • Love
    • Paro's
    • Chanda
    • India
    • Mahie
    • Young
  • dev.d
    • Kashyap
    • Deol
    • Paro
    • Abhay
    • Film
    • Anurag
    • Love
    • Paro's
    • Chanda
    • India
    • Mahie
    • Young
  • anurag kashyap
    • Kashyap
    • Motwane
    • Deol
    • India
    • Mahie
    • Gill
    • Koechlin
    • Music
    • Abhay
    • Budget
    • Director
    • Kalki
  • abhay deol
    • Deol
    • Mahie
    • Gill
    • Koechlin
    • Kalki
    • Kashyap
    • Film
    • Anurag
    • Utv
    • Motwane
    • Box
    • Music
  • mahie gill
    • Mahie
    • Koechlin
    • Kalki
    • Motwane
    • Music
    • Chandramukhi
    • Kashyap
    • Paro
    • Chanda
    • Punjab
    • Budget
    • India
  • national film award for the best music direction
    • Motwane
    • Trivedi
    • Song
    • Abhay
    • Mahie
    • Gill
    • Koechlin
    • Music
    • Kalki
    • Kashyap
    • Deol
    • Chanda
  • mahi gill
    • Mahie
    • Koechlin
    • Kalki
    • Motwane
    • Music
    • Chandramukhi
    • Kashyap
    • Chanda
    • Paro
    • Punjab
    • Budget
    • India
  • palm springs international film festival
    • Abhay
    • Mahie
    • Gill
    • Koechlin
    • Music
    • Kalki
    • Kashyap
    • Deol
    • Chanda
    • Motwane
    • Utv
    • Devdas

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Dev.D, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dev.D with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Dev.DOverview · splits 52 ⟂ 17
Dev.DRelease and reception · splits 58 ⟂ 11
Dev.DSoundtrack · splits 59 ⟂ 10
Dev.DCast · splits 60 ⟂ 9
Dev.DProduction · splits 60 ⟂ 9
Dev.DPlot · splits 63 ⟂ 6
Dev.DCultural references · splits 63 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Dev.D

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples125
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Dev.D to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture & Literary Connections, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Dev.D · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.