''Ashadh Ka Ek Din'' (, English title: ''One Day Before the Rainy Season'') is a 1971 Hindi film based on

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of the same name by

Mohan Rakesh Mohan Rakesh (8 January 19253 December 1972) was one of the pioneers of the ''Nai Kahani'' ("New Story") literary movement of the Hindi literature in India in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, '' Ashadh Ka Ek Din'' (One Day in Aa ...

. The film was directed by

Mani Kaul Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and later be ...

starring Rekha Sabnis, Arun Khopkar and

Om Shivpuri Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory C ...

. The film's story as in play is centered on a love triangle between

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

poet

Kalidas Kālidāsa (, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. His surviv ...

, Mallika and Priyangmanjari. It went on to win

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1954. M ...

in India.

Cast

*Rekha Sabnis as Mallika *Arun Khopkar as Kalidasa/Dev Matrugupt *

as Vilom *Uma Sahaay as Ambika *

Anuradha Kapur Anuradha Kapur is an Indian theatre director and professor of drama. She taught at the National School of Drama (NSD) for over three decades and was the Director of National School of Drama for six years (2007–2013). For her work as a theatre ...

as Princess Priyangmamjari *Pinchu Kapoor as Matul *Hemant Bose *Sharma *Vishnu Mathur

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1971 films Films directed by Mani Kaul 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films about Kalidasa {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub