One Day Before the Rainy Season
1971, Hindi. Directed by Mani Kaul.
A beautifully shot tragic retelling of Mohan Rakesh's Hindi play on Kalidasa's lover Mallika and their relationship.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hindi
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One Day Before the Rainy Season is streaming on NFDC in India.
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- Released
- 8 August 1971
- Original title
- अषाढ़ का एक दिन
- Country
- India
- Written by
- Mohan Rakesh, Mani Kaul
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One Day Before the Rainy Season runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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One Day Before the Rainy Season is streaming on NFDC in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed One Day Before the Rainy Season?
One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971) was directed by Mani Kaul and stars Rekha Sabnis, Arun Khopkar, Om Shivpuri.