Utsav

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Utsav
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Directed by	Girish Karnad
Produced by	Shashi Kapoor
Written by	Krishna Basrur,Girish Karnad(Screenplay) Sharad Joshi (Dialogue)
Starring	Rekha Amjad Khan Shashi Kapoor
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Editing by	Bhaudas Divakar
Release date(s)	23 August 1984
Running time	145 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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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'.

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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.