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One Day Before the Rainy Season
अषाढ़ का एक दिन
A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.
19711h 54m7.6out of 108 votes
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.
Directed by Mani Kaul
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TrailerAshad Ka Ek Din (1971) | Hindi Full Movie | Mohan Rakesh's Classic Play Based | A Mani Kaul Directed
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