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Release Date:
January 1, 1971
Original Title:
अषाढ़ का एक दिन
Alternate Titles:
Aashad Ka Ek Din
Ashad Ka Ek Din
Ashadh Ka Ek Din
Monsoon
One Monsoon Day
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Film Finance Corporation
National Film Development Corporation of India
Production Countries:
India
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 114
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.
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Assistant Director:
Surendra Dheer
Aftab Afraadi
Vishnu Mathur
Assistant Director of Photography:
H. K. Verma
Assistant Editor:
Deenu Shetty
Raju Naik
Director:
Mani Kaul
Director of Photography:
K.K. Mahajan
Music:
Dr. Sukhranjan Chakravarty
Original Music Composer:
Jaidev
Sound Designer:
Narendra Singh
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mangesh Desai
Theatre Play:
Mohan Rakesh
Writer:
Mohan Rakesh
Mani Kaul
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