One Day Before the Rainy Season (2023)

  • NR
  • 01/04/2023 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 54m

Overview

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.

Mani Kaul

Director, Writer

Mohan Rakesh

Writer

Cast

Rekha Sabnis's headshot

Rekha Sabnis

Mallika
Arun Khopkar's headshot

Arun Khopkar

Kalidasa
Om Shivpuri's headshot

Om Shivpuri

Vilom
Aruna Irani's headshot

Aruna Irani

Ambika
Anuradha Kapoor's headshot

Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay's headshot

Uma Sahaay

Hemant Bose's headshot

Hemant Bose

Surendra Dheer's headshot

Surendra Dheer

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