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{{Infobox film
| name = Utsav
| image = UTSAV.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| director = [[Girish Karnad]]
| producer = [[Shashi Kapoor]]
| writer = [[Sharad Joshi]] (Dialogue)
| screenplay = Krishna Basrur [[Girish Karnad]]
| narrator = [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Mrichakatika]]''| [[Śudraka|Śūdraka]]}}
| starring = [[Shankar Nag]] [[Rekha]] [[Anuradha Patel]] [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] [[Shashi Kapoor]] [[Shekhar Suman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant-Pyarelal]] [[Vasant Dev]] (lyrics)
| cinematography = [[Ashok Mehta]]
| editing = Bhaudas Divakar
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1984|12|21|df=y}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
}}

'''''Utsav''''' ([[Hindi]]: उत्सव; [[English language|English]]: Festival) is a [[Bollywood films of 1984|1984]] [[Hindi]] [[erotic film|erotic]] [[drama film]], produced by [[Shashi Kapoor]] and directed by [[Girish Karnad]]. The film is based on play ''[[Mrichakatika]]'' (''[[The Little Clay Cart]]'') by [[Śūdraka]].<ref>https://twitter.com/NFAIOfficial/status/1192764152235708418</ref>

The film stars [[Shankar Nag]], [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Rekha]], [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]], [[Anuradha Patel]], [[Shekhar Suman]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Neena Gupta]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]], [[Annu Kapoor]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]] and [[Kunal Kapoor (Kapoor family)|Kunal Kapoor]].

The role of Samsthanak is played by Shashi Kapoor, who is also the producer of the movie. It was originally supposed to be played by [[Amitabh Bachchan]]. However, in July 1982, Bachchan met with a major accident in [[Bangalore]]. So the producer himself decided to step in.<ref name=hindu05>{{cite web |title=Of Jennifer and MTR (Shashi Kapoor interview)| url = http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013101660100.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140514043456/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013101660100.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 May 2014 |date= 31 January 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2014-05-13 }}</ref> The film's music is by [[Laxmikant-Pyarelal]] and is noted for its songs like, 'Man Kyun Behka Re Behka Aadhi Raat Ko', a famous duet song by sisters [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Asha Bhosle]]. [[Anuradha Paudwal]]'s 'Mere Man Baja Mridang' for which she won the [[Filmfare Best Female Playback Award]] in 1985. [[Suresh Wadkar]] also has a song, 'Sanjh Dhale Gagan Tale'. The [[Central Board of Film Certification|Central Board of Film Certification of India]] gave the film an "A" certificate on 23 August 1984.<ref>{{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| access-date = 2014-05-13 }}</ref>

==Overview==

The film is an adaptation of ''{{IAST|[[Mṛcchakatika]]}}'' (''The Little Clay Cart''), a ten-act [[Sanskrit drama]] attributed to [[Śudraka|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.<ref name=Richmond>{{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/books?id=OroCOEqkVg4C&pg=PA55 |editor=Farley P. Richmond |editor2=Darius L. Swann |editor3=Phillip B. Zarrilli}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Oliver>{{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}}</ref>

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

==Cast==
* [[Shashi Kapoor]] as Samsthanak
* [[Rekha]] as [[Vasantasena|Vasantsena]]
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] as [[Vatsayana]], author of [[Kamasutra]]; narrator
* [[Shankar Nag]] as Sajjal, the thief
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Teacher of Aryak
* [[Shekhar Suman]] as Charudutt
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Madanika, courtesan slave in Vasantsena's house
* [[Anuradha Patel]] as Aditi, Charudutt's Wife
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Samsthanak's friend
* [[Annu Kapoor]] as Masseur who is trying to be an ascetic
* [[Sanjana Kapoor]] as A courtesan slave in Vasantsena's house
* [[Kunal Kapoor (Kapoor family)|Kunal Kapoor]] as Aryak, the revolutionary.
* [[Harish Patel]] as Maitreya, Charudutt's friend.
* [[Yunus Parvez]] as One of the gamblers, who later becomes the owner of the masseur
* [[Satish Kaushik]] as Cart driver

==Production==
The film was shot in Kolkebail, Karnataka in 1982–83. Producer Shashi Kapoor incurred a loss of Rs 1.5 crore after the film's release in 1984.<ref name=hindu05/>

==Soundtrack==
The film's soundtrack<ref>http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/utsav.htm</ref> was composed by [[Laxmikant-Pyarelal]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Vasant Dev]].

{|class="wikitable"
! Song
! Singer
|-
| "Man Kyun Behka Re Behka Aadhi Raat Ko"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Neelam Pe Nabh Chhayi"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Mera Man Baja Mridang, Manjira Khanke Re Ang Ang"
| [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Aarti Mukherjee]]
|-
| "Sanjh Dhale Gagan Tale"
| [[Suresh Wadkar]]
|-
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Award !!Category !!Recipient !!Result !!Ref
|-
|[[32nd National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
|Nachiket Patwardhan Jayoo Patwardhan
|{{won}}
|<ref name="32ndaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/85_32ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=14 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014151919/https://www.dff.nic.in/images/Documents/85_32ndNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|[[33rd Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
|[[Vasant Dev]] ("Mann Kyun Behka")
|{{won}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web| title = Best Lyricist (Popular)| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official wlistings, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=33781002| access-date = 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| url-status=dead| df = dmy-all}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/filmfare-awards-1986-188.html|title=Filmfare Awards 1986|website=awardsandshows.com|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|[[Anuradha Paudwal]] ("Mere Man Baje Mridang")
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best actor in Comic Role]]
|[[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Annu Kapoor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Girish Karnad}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0088335|title=Utsav}}
* [http://parallelcinema.blogspot.com/2005/08/utsav-1984.html A study of film Utsav]

[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Indian erotic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films set in the 5th century BC]]
[[Category:Films about courtesans in India]]
[[Category:Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award]]
[[Category:1980s erotic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Girish Karnad]]
[[Category:1984 drama films]]

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