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Charudatta lets Vasantasena, a courtesan, hide in his house. The two have an affair until the rightful king shelters in the house and murders Vasantasena.

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Audience Member A 'Play' on 'The Wonder that was India'. In simple but effective means the movie transformed me to a time when India was a happy place. The play takes a peek at politics, art, culture and social life of India, roughly in a period between 2nd century BC to 5th Century AD. It was a pleasure to watch, loved the humor, simple yet graceful portrayal of people and places, music and the plot. I would like to live to see a day when India would again be simple and happy, a place where ideas could take root, a place were people are happy, when I could see a real Vasanth Utsav, bliss. My compliments to Girish Karnad, Sashi Kapoor, Shekar Suman, Rekha, Shankar Nag, Amjad Khan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Anuradha Patel,Neena Gupta. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member If Jaane bhi do Yaaron is pure fun.....Utsav is 'Adulterated' fun .....and it appeals at many levels, be it for the -Aesthetics -Brilliant Story and mature adaptation -Amazing bunch of actors ( for trivia â" swami from Malgudi days as Charudattâ(TM)s son, Satish Kaushik as the cart driver) -Music And awesome sarcasm and wit . Liked it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A creative wonder. True 2 life creativity by all. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful piece of work by an Indian director in presenting the sex Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Much before the genres of interwoven multiple plots, sex comedies, period anachronisms, fiction woven into known histories became big, we had Utsav. Flawed at several places, yes, but honestly one of the very very few Bollywood films worth watching. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Cinematic brilliance, one of the earliest sex comedies. The era speaks of the time when sex was considered worship, and prostitutes were honored as goddesses. We have Vatsayan writing the Kamasutra, checking every room so that no position is missed, have Annu Kapoor doing a mind-boggling scene of hanging from the balcony, giving an impression that only they could think of. All in all, a gem of a movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Charudatta lets Vasantasena, a courtesan, hide in his house. The two have an affair until the rightful king shelters in the house and murders Vasantasena.
Director
Girish Karnad
Producer
Dharampriya Das, Shashi Kapoor
Screenwriter
Krishna Basrur, Girish Karnad
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 10, 2009
Runtime
2h 25m