The son of a wealthy businessman finds solace in drugs and alcohol when he breaks up with his childhood love.
Direction
Kashyap's frenetic split-screens and unhinged energy
Score
Amit Trivedi's genre-bending soundtrack that slaps harder than it should
Acting
Abhay Deol's sweaty, desperate spiral into the abyss

Director
Anurag Kashyap
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kashyap originally wanted to call it 'Dev.D — A Narcissist Love Story' and fought the censors over the sex scenes, which were unprecedented for mainstream Bollywood in 2009.