Kashino Dikro

Kashino Dikro (transl. Kashi's son) is a 1979 Indian Gujarati film directed by Kanti Madia. Being the first and the only film of Madia, it starred Rajiv, Ragini, Rita Bhaduri, and Pranlal Kharsani. The film was produced by Cine India International. Adapted from Vinodini Nilkanth's short story Dariyav Dil, film's script and dialogues were written by Prabodh Joshi. Barun Mukherji was a cinematographer.[1]

Kashino Dikro
Promotional poster
Directed byKanti Madia
Written byPrabodh Joshi
Produced byCine India International
Starring
CinematographyBarun Mukherji
Music byKshemu Divetia
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageGujarati

The film features music composed by Kshemu Divetia, who earned State Films Award in Best Music Director category for the film.[2][3]

Plot

Kashi (Ragini) is at the center of the story of the film. Kashi's marriage takes place in a prestigious family. Her mother-in-law entrusts the responsibility of her younger son Keshav to Kashi at the time of her death. Kashi raises her brother-in-law (Rajiv) and his own son Shambhu equally. As Keshav becomes young, he is married to Rama (Bhaduri), but on the wedding night, Keshav dies of snakebite. Kashi, who raises the widow sister-in-law like her own daughter, renounces worldly pleasures to share in her sorrows. Kashi's husband, suffering from the dissatisfaction of worldly happiness, takes advantage of widow Rama's loneliness at a weak moment and rapes Rama. Kashi decides to save her family's as well as Rama's honour by pretending to be a pregnant herself, and later adopts Rama's son as her own. In order to save the family's pride in the society, Kashi goes on a pilgrimage with her sister-in-law, keeping the news of herself being pregnant. After child birth, Kashi returns home with the baby and Rama. In the end, Kashi lying on a death bed, dies by handing over her adopted child to Rama.[4]

Cast

The cast was:[1]

Sound track

Kashino Dikro features songs written by Balmukund Dave, Ravji Patel, Madhav Ramanuj, Anil Joshi, and Ramesh Parekh.[1]

Kashino Dikro
Soundtrack album by
Kshemu Divetia
Released1979 (1979)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length17:13
LabelSa Re Ga Ma[5]
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Gormane Panche Angaliye"Ramesh ParekhHarshida Raval3:26
2."Rudiana Raja"Balmukund DaveHarshida Raval, Janardan Rawal1:51
3."Zina Zina Re Ankhethi Amne"Anil JoshiKaumudi Munshi, Vibha Desai4:01
4."Roi Roi Ansoo"Madhav RamanujVibha Desai2:19
5."Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj"Ravji PatelRasbihari Desai5:36
Total length:17:13

References
  1. Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 905. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
  2. Quadri, Misbah Nayeem (31 July 2008). "Music legend Kshemu Divetia passes away". DNA India. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Veteran Gujarati music composer Kshemu Divetia dead". DeshGujarat. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. Tejas, Vaidya. "કાશીનો દીકરો : દોઢ પાનાની વાર્તા પરથી બનેલી આ ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મ ઇતિહાસમાં 'માઈલસ્ટોન' કેવી રીતે બની ગઈ?" [Son of Kashi: How did this Gujarati film, based on a one-and-a-half-page story, become a 'milestone' in history?]. bbc.com. BBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. "Kashino Dikro". Saavn.
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