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One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971)
Directed by Mani Kaul
“A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.”
Drama · 1h 54m
A literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.
Cast
Rekha Sabnis
Arun Khopkar
Om Shivpuri
Aruna Irani
Pinchoo Kapoor
Crew
- Director
- Mani Kaul
- Writer
- Mohan Rakesh, Mani Kaul
- Director of Photography
- K.K. Mahajan
- Original Music Composer
- Jaidev
Details
- Original title
- अषाढ़ का एक दिन
- Release date
- 1971-08-08
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
- Production
- National Film Development Corporation of India, Film Finance Corporation