Where the name of Devdas is mentioned, two other names jostle for attention as well – those of Parvati (Paro) and Chandramukhi. In 1917, it was the renowned Bengali writer, Sarath Chandra Chattopadhyay, who brought alive three iconic characters in a tragic love story that wrung hearts and made the name of Devdas synonymous with the maudlin romantic lover doused in alcohol.