Dev DD is a 2017 Hindi web series, conceptualised and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Balaji Telefilms. It is directed by Ken Ghosh, for video on demand platform ALTBalaji. The web series released on 21 April 2017. It stars Asheema Vardaan, Sanjay Suri, Akhil Kapur, Rumana Molla, Rashmi Agdekar, and Sandeep Pandey in lead roles. This web series is a reinterpretation of the novel Devdas written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Dev DD is about a young modern woman who is trying her best to break the concept about how Indian women are supposed to be. All the eleven episodes of this series are available on the ALTBalaji and its associated websites.
Poster
Ekta Kapoor is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. In 2001, Balaji Motion Pictures was launched as a subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is a film production and distribution company. She launched ALT Balaji in April 2017.
Kapoor in 2021
Ekta Kapoor (center) with younger brother Tusshar (left) and father Jeetendra (right)
Kapoor being awarded Padma Shri, c. 2021