One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1971-08-08
Runtime: 114 minutes
Director: Mani Kaul
Top Cast
- Rekha Sabnis as Mallika
- Arun Khopkar as Kalidasa
- Om Shivpuri as Vilom
- Aruna Irani as Ambika
- Anuradha Kapoor as
- Uma Sahaay as
- Hemant Bose as
- Surendra Dheer as
- Vishnu Mathur as
- Pinchoo Kapoor as
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