MUMBAI:
Just as Sanjay Leela Bhansali is celebrating ten years
of his 2002 film Devdas, the Time Magazine has
ranked the film eighth among the ten greatest films
of the millennium.

With
this, the Shah Rukh Khan- Madhuri Dixit-Aishwarya Rai
starrer finds place among Hollywood biggies like
WALL.E (2008), The Lord of the Rings (2001-03),
Avatar( 2009), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000), The White Ribbon (2009), The Hurt
Locker (2009), Synecdoche, New York (2008),
Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Artist (2011).

The
magazine has showered praises on Shah Rukh Khan and
Madhuri Dixit describing Khan as an “all-world
charismatist” and Dixit, as “a hot number
who had danced flamenco on men’s libidos for a decade
or so before appearing in this worldly-wise role”
of a prostitute.

“The
piece is played with such commitment that the tritest
plot twists seem worth believing – and dancing to,
in nine nifty production numbers. But the fervid emotion
is what makes the thing sing,” the magazine goes
on to add.

“Beyond
that, Devdas is a visual ravishment, with sumptuous
sets, fabulous frocks and beautiful people to fill
them; it has a grandeur the old Hollywood moguls would
have loved,” Time observes.

“The
news couldn’t have come at a better time as Devdas
completes 10 momentous years. It is a very proud and
happy moment for me,” Bhansali says.