Devadas's wealthy father and the local Zamindar. A strict and status-conscious patriarch who enrolls a young Devadas in boarding school. His casteist remarks toward Neelakantham trigger the central conflict, and his warning against suicide causes Devadas to abandon his plan to stop Parvati's wedding. He later dies of guilt as his son arrives home.
Authoritative patriarch who enforces discipline and later dies of contrition over his son's decline.
Deep-seated class resentment that drives the father to reject the union and seek a higher match.
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