Chitralekha (चित्रलेखा) 1964

Published on May 10, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	Pushpa Pictures
Director	Kidar Nath Sharma
Writer	Kidar Nath Sharma, Rajinder Kumar Sharma
Producer	A.K. Nadiadwala
Music Director	Roshan
Cinematography	D.C. Mehta
Film Editing	Prabhakar Gokhale
Art Director	A.A. Majid
Camera Operator	M. Bashir
Assistant Cameramen	B. Divecha
Playback Singers	Mohammad Rafi , Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha, Manna Dey

Character	Actor / Actress
Yogi Kumargiri	Ashok Kumar
Chitralekha	Meena Kumari
Aryaputra Samant Bijgupt	Pradeep Kumar
Brahmachari Shwetant	Mehmood
Maid	Minoo Mumtaz
Samrat Chandragupt	Zeb Rehman
Gayatri Devi	Achala Sachdev
Devi Mahamaya	Bela Bose
	Naseem
	Neeta
	Rehana
Yashodhara	Shobhana
	Altaf
	Munshi Munakka
	Kanak
	Narendra Verma
	Raj Kamal
	Jillani

Plot
Sharmas opulent costume drama set in the Gupta period (4th C.) is a remake of his 1941 film. With Kumari in the title role of the court dancer, her romance with Samant Beejagupta leads to questions of infidelity, the futility of love and corrupt ascetics. The film contributed to Meena Kumaris image as the archetyal courtsean in costume sepctaculars (of Pakeezah, 1971), although its garish colours and costume design betray the degenaration of Sharmas work since his b&w romances. [Source: Encl] . "Chitralekha" is a story of a charming Court dancer, who lived during the glorious period of the Gupta King-Samrat Chandragupta. . Samant Beejgupta, a friend of Chandragupta sees Chitralekha and falls in love with her. He is willing to sacrifice everything for her love. Chitralekha too returns his love. . But Samant Beejgupta is engaged to a young girl, Yashodhra whose father comes to know of the love affair between Chitralekha and Beejgupta. He goes to one Yogi Kumargiri and requests him to stop Chitralekha from loving Beejgupta. Yogi Kumargiri explains to Chitralekha her duties, but she did not care for the Yogis advice. . Chitralekha one day realises the futility of love and all worldiness. "What is life?" she asks herself. She remembers Yogi Kumargiri. She leaves the palace and all wordly pleasures and goes to Kumargiri. . Learning this, Beejgupta also gives up everything and goes in search of his beloved ! Here fate steps in and Yogi Kumargiri who has renounced the world, forgets his lofty ideals for the charms of `Chitralekha. . One night she sees the Yogi alone in her room. She learns of his evil intentions and immediately quits the Yogis ashram.

Plot

Sharmas opulent costume drama set in the Gupta period (4th C.) is a remake of his 1941 film. With Kumari in the title role of the court dancer, her romance with Samant Beejagupta leads to questions of infidelity, the futility of love and corrupt ascetics. The film contributed to Meena Kumaris image as the archetyal courtsean in costume sepctaculars (of Pakeezah, 1971), although its garish colours and costume design betray the degenaration of Sharmas work since his b&w romances. [Source: Encl] *.* "Chitralekha" is a story of a charming Court dancer, who lived during the glorious period of the Gupta King-Samrat Chandragupta. . Samant Beejgupta, a friend of Chandragupta sees Chitralekha and falls in love with her. He is willing to sacrifice everything for her love. Chitralekha too returns his love. . But Samant Beejgupta is engaged to a young girl, Yashodhra whose father comes to know of the love affair between Chitralekha and Beejgupta. He goes to one Yogi Kumargiri and requests him to stop Chitralekha from loving Beejgupta. Yogi Kumargiri explains to Chitralekha her duties, but she did not care for the Yogis advice. . Chitralekha one day realises the futility of love and all worldiness. "What is life?" she asks herself. She remembers Yogi Kumargiri. She leaves the palace and all wordly pleasures and goes to Kumargiri. . Learning this, Beejgupta also gives up everything and goes in search of his beloved ! Here fate steps in and Yogi Kumargiri who has renounced the world, forgets his lofty ideals for the charms of `Chitralekha. . One night she sees the Yogi alone in her room. She learns of his evil intentions and immediately quits the Yogis ashram.