One Day Before the Rainy Season

One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971) is a drama film directed by Mani Kaul rated 7.6/10.

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.

Cast

Rekha Sabnis

Mallika

Arun Khopkar

Kalidasa

Om Shivpuri

Vilom

Aruna Irani

Ambika

Anuradha Kapoor

Uma Sahaay

Hemant Bose

Surendra Dheer

Vishnu Mathur

Pinchoo Kapoor