on the surface and dev be about the continual struggle of muslim and hindu to co exist with each other in post 911 india . it highlight how narcissistic politician play on naive constituent to create chaos and mayhem and oppression . look beneath the surface we can see that dev be also about friendship and it boundaries . it show how two friend drift apart a one spiral towards madness bring on by shear hatred while the other find redemption through forgiveness and tolerance . all thing consider and perhaps dev be most about how a man mature in the most adverse condition inspire by the the woman he love and the courage she display . amitabh bachchan give a tour de force performance a dev remind u once again that he be in a class by himself . the rest of the cast include fardeen khan and om puri and rati agnihotri and amrish puri perform more than capably but special mention must be make of the performance turn in by kareena kapoor who continue to show great range . simply put and she have it . there be only a couple of song and which be more background fodder than anything else . in the end and dev be about what it mean to be a human be against all odds .