Paro is Devdas’s forbidden childhood love. Years of separation lead to a wishful dream of childhood love blossoming into a lifelong journey but life has other plans for them. Devdas moves away from Paro as the relationship between their families’ decays, the time when she needed him the most. He writes a letter to her, asking her to forget him but he himself is surrounded with constant thoughts of her, no matter what he was doing. And much later, when he does reach out to her, it’s too late.

In this artwork, Aishwarya Rai is painted as Paro. (A still from the 2002 film Devdas, a direct adaptation of the novel.)

Her strength, sadness and grit lie unconcealed on her face, in her eyes.

Mixed media (Pencil, oil, acrylics) on Canvas.

10”X10”