was a successful venture commercially. [ 7 ] [ 44 ] In 2002 Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas , an adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's novel of the same name . [ 45 ] She played the role of Paro (Parvati), the