Utsav

Infobox Film
name =Utsav


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director =Girish Karnad
producer =Shashi Kapoor
writer = Krishna Basrur,Girish Karnad(Screenplay)
Sharad Joshi (Dialogue)
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starring = Rekha
Amjad Khan
Shashi Kapoor
music = Laxmikant Pyarelal
cinematography = Ashok Mehta
editing = Bhaudas Divakar
distributor =
released = 23 August 1984
runtime = 145 min
country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id =0088335

"Utsav" (The Festival) is a 1984 Hindi film, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad.

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

The role played by Shashi Kapoor, who is also the producer of this movie, was originally to be fittingly played by Amitabh Bachchan who in real life was obsessed by Rekha, the lead charecter of the film. However, Bachchan later declined and therefore the producer himself decided to step up to fill in. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and is still noted for its songs like, 'Man 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'.

Overview

The film is based on the adaptation on two classical Sanskrit plays, "Charudatta" by Bhāsa, which was later adapted by "Śhudraka" in 6 Century A.D. as "Mrichakatika" about the life of courtesan, Vasantasena (Rekha), and her chance meeting with a poor boy, Charudatta (Shekhar Suman) in Ujjain.

Cast

* Shashi Kapoor....Samsthaanak
* Rekha....Vasantsena
* Amjad Khan....Vaatsyaayan
* Shankar Nag
* Kulbhushan Kharbanda
* Shekhar Suman....Chaarudutt
* Neena Gupta
* Anuradha Patel
* Anupam Kher
* Annu Kapoor
* Sanjana Kapoor
* Kunal Kapoor

Awards

* 1985 National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Nachiket Patwardhan, Jayoo Patwardhan
* 1985 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award: Vasant Dev - "Mann Kyun Behka"
* 1985 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award: Anuradha Paudwal - "Mere Man Baje Mridang"

External links

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* [http://parallelcinema.blogspot.com/2005/08/utsav-1984.html A study of film Utsav]