One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971)
A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.
Plot Summary
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.
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Director & Crew
Mani Kaul
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 based on 8 votes.
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One Day Before the Rainy Season was directed by Mani Kaul and released in 1971.
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One Day Before the Rainy Season has a runtime of 1 hours and 54 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1971-08-08
- Status
- Released