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1984 · Movie · 145 min. · India
Based on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a courtesan who dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the amorous attentions of the king's brother-in-law. She falls in love with Charudatta, though he is married and penniless. They have an affair. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to the throne - King Palaka's brother - escapes from prison. While he is being pursued by the king's troops, Charudatta helps him. The king's brother-in-law strangles Vasantasena when she refuses to submit to him and leaves her for dead. When Charudatta tries to have her jewels pawned, he is arrested for her murder. What happens to him and the other characters constitutes the final part of the film.
Direction Girish Karnad
Cast Rekha · Amjad Khan · Kulbhushan Kharbanda · Shankar Nag · Kunal Kapoor · Anuradha Patel · Anupam Kher · Neena Gupta · Annu Kapoor · Harish Patel · Gopi Desai · Lakshmi Krishnamurthy · Shashi Kapoor · Shekhar Suman · Rajesh Puri · Nandita Aras · Haneef Zahoor · Vivek Upadhyay · Deepak Kejriwal · G.V. Hiremath · Sanjana Kapoor · Neelu Arora · Yunus Parvez · Nimesh Desai · Satish Kaushik · Mohan Baggan · Vidya Patvardhan · S.P. Dubey · Manjushree · Yusuf Mehta
Soundtrack Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar · Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Screenplay Krishna Basrur · Girish Karnad · Bhasa · Sudraka · Sharad Joshi
Cinematography Ashok Mehta
Original title Utsav
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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