CinemaOSMovie · 1971 · 1h 54m

One Day Before the Rainy Season

A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.

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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.

Directed byMani Kaul

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 54m
Language
HI
Released
August 8, 1971
Studios
National Film Development Corporation of IndiaFilm Finance Corporation

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Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971) | Hindi Full Movie | Mohan Rakesh's Classic Play Based | A Mani Kaul Directed

Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971) | Hindi Full Movie | Mohan Rakesh's Classic Play Based | A Mani Kaul Directed

AASHAD KA EK DIN (1971) | Director- Mani Kaul | Om Shivpuri, Aruna Irani, Arun Khopkar

AASHAD KA EK DIN (1971) | Director- Mani Kaul | Om Shivpuri, Aruna Irani, Arun Khopkar

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Rekha Sabnis

Rekha Sabnis

Mallika

Arun Khopkar

Arun Khopkar

Kalidasa

Om Shivpuri

Om Shivpuri

Vilom

Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani

Ambika

Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay

Hemant Bose

Surendra Dheer

Vishnu Mathur

Pinchoo Kapoor

Pinchoo Kapoor

Creative team
Directed by
Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul
Written by
Mohan Rakesh
Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul

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