Ashadh Ka Ek Din

Jan 1, 1971

1h 54m

★ 7.4

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, 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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

National Film Development Corporation of India

Film Finance Corporation

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Cast

Mallika

Rekha Sabnis

Kalidasa

Arun Khopkar

Vilom

Om Shivpuri

Ambika

Aruna Irani

Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay

Hemant Bose

Surendra Dheer

Vishnu Mathur

Pinchoo Kapoor

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