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 scrip and dialogues were written by Prabodh Joshi. Barun Mukherji was a cinematographer.[1]

Kashino Dikro
Promotional poster
Directed byKanti Madia
Produced byCine India International
Written byPrabodh Joshi
Starring
Music byKshemu Divetia
CinematographyBarun Mukherji
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) raises her brother-in-law (Rajiv), who dies on his wedding night from snakebite. His widowed wife Rama (Bhaduri) get raped by Kashi's husband, and she becomes pregnant. 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 the end, Kashi dies. She has been described as an icon of saintly motherhood.

Cast

The cast was:[1]

  • Rajiv
  • Ragini
  • Rita Bhaduri
  • Girish Desai
  • Pranlal Kharsani
  • Tarla Joshi
  • Leela Jariwala
  • Vatsala Deshmukh
  • Mahavir Shah
  • Arvind Vaidya
  • Saroj Nayak
  • Jagdish Shah
  • Pushpa Shah
  • Javed Khan
  • Shrikant Soni
  • Dilip Patel
  • Kanti Madia

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[4]
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 2020-09-20.
  3. "Veteran Gujarati music composer Kshemu Divetia dead". DeshGujarat. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  4. "Kashino Dikro". Saavn.
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