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Utsav (Hindi: उत्सव; English: The Festival) is a 1984 Hindi drama film, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad. The film is based on the 2nd-century BC Sanskrit play, Mrichakatika (The Little Clay Cart) by Shudraka.

The film stars Shankar Nag, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel, Shekhar Suman, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Annu Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor.

The role of Samsthanak played by Shashi Kapoor, who is also the producer of this movie, was originally to be played by Amitabh Bachchan. However, in July 1982 Bachchan met with a major accident in Bangalore, therefore the producer himself decided to step in.^[1] The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and is still noted for its songs like, 'Mann Kyun Behka', a rare duet by Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar, and Anuradha Paudwal's 'Mere Man Baje Mridang' for which she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1985. Suresh Wadkar also has a song, 'Saanj Dhale Gagan Tale'. The Central Board of Film Certification of India gave this movie "A" certificate which means "Restricted to adults" on 23 August 1984.^[2]

Overview

The film is an adaptation of {{IAST|Mṛcchakaṭika}} (The Little Clay Cart), a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Śūdraka an ancient playwright generally thought to have lived sometime between the second century BC and the fifth century AD whom the prologue identifies as a Kshatriya king and a devotee of Siva who lived for 100 years.^[3] The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Pālaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BC.^[4]

Plot

The story is about a courtesan, Vasantasena (Rekha), and her chance meeting with a poor Brahmin man, Charudatta (Shekhar Suman), in Ujjain.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Bangalore in 1982-83. Eventually producer Shashi Kapoor, incurred a loss of Rs 1.5 crore after the film's release in 1984, as it was a commercial failure. Thus he couldn't produce another film until Ajooba (1991).^[1]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack^[5] was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal and the lyrics were penned by Vasant Dev.

Awards

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |title=Of Jennifer and MTR (Shashi Kapoor interview)| url = http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013101660100.htm |publisher=The Hindu|date= 31 January 2005| accessdate = 2014-05-13 }}
2. ^{{cite web| title = Utsav (1984)|publisher=Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)| url = http://cbfcindia.gov.in/html/SearchDetails.aspx?mid=29752&Loc=Backlog|date=1984-08-23| accessdate = 2014-05-13 }}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Richmond|first=Farley P.|chapter=Characteristics of Sanskrit Theatre and Drama |title=Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance|year=1990|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0824811909|pages=55–62|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/?id=OroCOEqkVg4C&pg=PA55&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false |editor=Farley P. Richmond |editor2=Darius L. Swann |editor3=Phillip B. Zarrilli}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Revilo Pendelton|chapter=Introduction to 'The Little Clay Cart.' |title=Illinois Studies in Language and Literature |volume=23|year=1938|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana|pages=9–44|editor=Rozelle Parker Johnson |editor2=Ernst Krenn}}
5. ^http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/utsav.htm
6. ^{{cite web| title = Best Lyricist (Popular)| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official wlistings, Indiatimes| url = http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=33781002| accessdate = 2014-05-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110518160558/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=33781002| archive-date = 18 May 2011| dead-url = yes| df = dmy-all}}

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