The Indian movie world was adorned with some excellent productions by Pramathesh Barua. But, his most celebrated work is "Devdas". He played the title role in it, where the other stars were Biswanath Bhaduri, Uma Shashi, Kundan Saigal and Chandrabati. Raichand Boral was the music director. The story of "Devdas" was based on the novel of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya of the same title. The novelist was so deeply moved by the film that tears rolled down his eyes and he opined that PC Barua’s "Devdas" was more distinctive than the "Devdas" of his own novel. Noted film critic Chidananda Das Gupta made a significant remark — "Pramathesh Barua did not merely make "Devdas", but also came to be widely known as ‘Devdas’ rather than a Rajkumar (prince) ... His "Devdas" is a milestone in the film world of the subcontinent".