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."
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.
Status
Released
Release Date
Aug 08, 1971
Cast
Rekha Sabnis
Mallika
Arun Khopkar
Kalidasa
Om Shivpuri
Vilom
Aruna Irani
Ambika
Anuradha Kapoor
Uma Sahaay
Hemant Bose
Surendra Dheer
Vishnu Mathur
Pinchoo Kapoor
