A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.
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.
Made in IN
7.6/10
1971
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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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