One Day Before the Rainy Season

One Day Before the Rainy Season

1971
1h 54m
7.4

7.4/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

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

Overview

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.

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Language: HI

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Production Information

Production Companies
National Film Development Corporation of India Film Finance Corporation
Production Countries
India
Spoken Languages
Hindi

Keywords

biography tragedy parallel cinema drama

Quick Facts

Original Title अषाढ़ का एक दिन
Release Date August 8, 1971
Status Released
Language HI
IMDb ID tt0066787

Cast

Rekha Sabnis
Rekha Sabnis

Mallika

Arun Khopkar
Arun Khopkar

Kalidasa

Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri

Vilom

Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani

Ambika

Anuradha Kapoor
Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay
Uma Sahaay

Hemant Bose
Hemant Bose

Surendra Dheer
Surendra Dheer

Vishnu Mathur
Vishnu Mathur

Pinchoo Kapoor
Pinchoo Kapoor

Key Crew

Mani Kaul
Director
Mohan Rakesh
Writer
Mani Kaul
Writer