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Poster of One Day Before the Rainy Season

One Day Before the Rainy Season

1971-1h 54min
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7.0 / 10 6

A literary film based on a play in three acts, 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 by Arun Khopkar Mani Kaul

Writers Mohan Rakesh Mani Kaul

Stars Rekha Sabnis Om Shivpuri Aruna Irani

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

Cast

Rekha Sabnis's picture in the cast

Rekha Sabnis

Mallika
Om Shivpuri's picture in the cast

Om Shivpuri

Vilom
Aruna Irani's picture in the cast

Aruna Irani

Ambika
Anuradha Kapoor's picture in the cast

Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay's picture in the cast

Uma Sahaay

Surendra Dheer's picture in the cast

Surendra Dheer

Pinchoo Kapoor's picture in the cast

Pinchoo Kapoor

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