Director: Gajanan Jagirdar; Writer: P.K. Atre; Producer: P.K. Atre; Cinematographer: S. Haridas; Editor: Narayanrao; Cast: Vanamala, Chintamanrao Kolhatkar, Shahu Modak, Baby Devi, Sunalini Devi, Vimala Tripathi, Rajvishwas, Vijaya, Sudhir Gore, Raja Pandit, Gokhale, Balwant Parchure, Vinay Kale, Dange
Summary: Based on Shudraka’s classic 3rd-C. Sanskrit play Mrichakatika, the main plot of the Brahmin Charudatta’s (Modak) love for the courtesan Vasantsena (Vanamala) is interwoven with a parallel plot concerning the popular revolt in Ujjain against the despotic King Palaka, whose state is effectively run by his tyrannical brother-in-law Shakar (Jagirdar/Kolhatkar). The rebels want to replace him with the Gopalaputra Aryaka. The film belongs mainly to Atre and is one of his occasional departures from comedy to update a classic text into a contemporary idiom.
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