"Devdas" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"I don't know,\" he had said and sighed, Devdas style: \"I don't know,\" Everyone wants to be a Devdas, at least for a while — or perhaps only for a while. Tragic hero.",
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          "text": "The character of Kashyap's Dev, although it is built on the same model as traditional Devdases, is different and suffers for other reasons.",
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