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'Kashino Dikro' 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.

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

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:

*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.

References




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