As much failure 2008 has been in terms of movies, 2009 opens with this masterpiece. Dev.D is an awesome take on the ultimate loser's story told in Indian cinema, Devdas. Anurag Kashyap, the creative overdosed director in the current crop of Bollywood directors crafts this masterpiece and packs so much into the movie cinematically, musically, artistically that it is almost impossible not to feel overwhelmed in one sitting. The movie will take at least a couple of viewing to grasp everything happening around. Production design is at its best, editing crisp, the music brilliant, the movie is nothing short of an art-house experimentation with bollywood. Amit Trivedi is one of the best thing to happen to commercial Indian music in recent times. After Aamir, this is his second outing, and shows absolute brilliance in this 18-song album. And yet, all those songs have been weaved to the narrative without a single song (except much-celebrated emosanal atyachar brass band version) being lip-synched on the screen. Though I will certainly mark it only for mature audience, some of the content, dialogues are unsuitable for family and kids. Celebrate the overdose of creativity with this well-crafted piece of art.