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	'''Chitralekha''' is a 1964 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[historical drama]] film directed by [[Kidar Sharma]] and starring [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Pradeep Kumar]] and [[Meena Kumari]]. It was based on the 1934 Hindi novel [[Chitralekha (novel)\|of the same name]] by [[Bhagwati Charan Verma]] about Bijgupta serving under the [[Maurya Empire]] and the king [[Chandragupta Maurya]] (340 BCE – 298 BCE) and his love for the courtesan Chitralekha.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema\|author=Gulzar \|author-link=Gulzar \|author2=Govind Nihalani \|author3=Saibal Chatterjee \|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|year=2003\|isbn=8179910660 \|page=335 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 }}</ref> The film's music and lyrics were by [[Roshan (music director)\|Roshan]] and [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], respectively. The film was noted for songs such as "Sansaar Se Bhaage Phirte Ho" and "Man Re Tu Kaahe na dheer dhare" which is a pensive song which conveys the quintessence of life about letting go of the good and bad. In 2010, Outlook India magazine asked 30 Indian leading composers, lyricists and singers to name their all-time favorite Hindi songs. A list of top 20 songs was published and the top of the chart was ‘Man Re Tu kahe na dheer dhare.’"<ref name=hindu/><ref>{{cite news \|title=The melodious music director — Roshan \|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\story_18-5-2011_pg9_15 \|publisher=Daily Times \|date=18 May 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528181532/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C18%5Cstory_18-5-2011_pg9_15 \|archive-date=28 May 2011 \|df=dmy }}</ref>		'''Chitralekha''' is a 1964 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[historical drama]] film directed by [[Kidar Sharma]] and starring [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Pradeep Kumar]] and [[Meena Kumari]]. It was based on the 1934 Hindi novel [[Chitralekha (novel)\|of the same name]] by [[Bhagwati Charan Verma]] about Bijgupta serving under the [[Maurya Empire]] and the king [[Chandragupta Maurya]] (340 BCE – 298 BCE) and his love for the courtesan Chitralekha.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema\|author=Gulzar \|author-link=Gulzar \|author2=Govind Nihalani \|author3=Saibal Chatterjee \|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|year=2003\|isbn=8179910660 \|page=335 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 }}</ref> The film's music and lyrics were by [[Roshan (music director)\|Roshan]] and [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], respectively. The film was noted for songs such as "Sansaar Se Bhaage Phirte Ho" and "Man Re Tu Kaahe na dheer dhare" which is a pensive song which conveys the quintessence of life about letting go of the good and bad. In 2010, Outlook India magazine asked 30 Indian leading composers, lyricists and singers to name their all-time favorite Hindi songs. A list of top 20 songs was published and the top of the chart was ‘Man Re Tu kahe na dheer dhare.’"<ref name=hindu/><ref>{{cite news \|title=The melodious music director — Roshan \|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\story_18-5-2011_pg9_15 \|publisher=Daily Times \|date=18 May 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528181532/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C18%5Cstory_18-5-2011_pg9_15 \|archive-date=28 May 2011 \|df=dmy }}</ref>

	It was a remake of ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)\|Chitralekha]]'' (1941), also directed by Kidar Sharma, which was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1941\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|publisher=Box Office India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|archive-date=21 April 2012\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike the previous version, the 1964 film did not do well at the box office; critics have suggested poor screenwriting and incorrect casting as reasons.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news \|title= Chitralekha (1964) \|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623222038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 June 2011 \|work= [[The Hindu]] \|date=17 June 2011 }}</ref>It is the first colour feature film of Meena Kumari.		It was a remake of ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)\|Chitralekha]]'' (1941), also directed by Kidar Sharma, which was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners 1941\|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|publisher=Box Office India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==\|archive-date=21 April 2012\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike the previous version, the 1964 film did not do well at the box office; critics have suggested poor screenwriting and incorrect casting as reasons.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news \|title= Chitralekha (1964) \|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623222038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 June 2011 \|work= [[The Hindu]] \|date=17 June 2011 }}</ref> It is the first colour feature film of Meena Kumari.

	==Cast==		==Cast==

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{{Infobox film
| name = Chitralekha
| image = Chitralekha (1964) poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Kidar Sharma]]
| producer = A.K. Nadiadwala
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Kidar Sharma]] Rajinder Kumar Sharma
| story =
| based_on = {{based on| [[Chitralekha (novel)|Chitralekha]] |[[Bhagwati Charan Verma]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]] [[Pradeep Kumar]] [[Meena Kumari]] [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]
| music = [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]] [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] (lyrics)
| cinematography = D.C. Mehta
| editing = Prabhakar Gokhale
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 1964
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''Chitralekha''' is a 1964 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[historical drama]] film directed by [[Kidar Sharma]] and starring [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Pradeep Kumar]] and [[Meena Kumari]]. It was based on the 1934 Hindi novel [[Chitralekha (novel)|of the same name]] by [[Bhagwati Charan Verma]] about Bijgupta serving under the [[Maurya Empire]] and the king [[Chandragupta Maurya]] (340 BCE – 298 BCE) and his love for the courtesan Chitralekha.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |page=335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 }}</ref> The film's music and lyrics were by [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]] and [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], respectively. The film was noted for songs such as "Sansaar Se Bhaage Phirte Ho" and "Man Re Tu Kaahe na dheer dhare" which is a pensive song which conveys the quintessence of life about letting go of the good and bad. In 2010, Outlook India magazine asked 30 Indian leading composers, lyricists and singers to name their all-time favorite Hindi songs. A list of top 20 songs was published and the top of the chart was ‘Man Re Tu kahe na dheer dhare.’"<ref name=hindu/><ref>{{cite news |title=The melodious music director — Roshan |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\story_18-5-2011_pg9_15 |publisher=Daily Times |date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528181532/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C18%5Cstory_18-5-2011_pg9_15 |archive-date=28 May 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

It was a remake of ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)|Chitralekha]]'' (1941), also directed by Kidar Sharma, which was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1941|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==|publisher=Box Office India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421002538/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=146&catName=MTk1MQ==|archive-date=21 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike the previous version, the 1964 film did not do well at the box office; critics have suggested poor screenwriting and incorrect casting as reasons.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news |title= Chitralekha (1964) |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623222038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/17/stories/2011061750240400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2011 |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=17 June 2011 }}</ref>It is the first colour feature film of Meena Kumari.

==Cast==
* [[Meena Kumari]] as ''Chitralekha''
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as ''Yogi Kumargiri''
* [[Pradeep Kumar]] as ''Aryaputra Samant Bijgupt''
* [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]] as ''Brahmachari Shwetant''
* [[Minoo Mumtaz]] as ''Maid''
* Zeb Rehman as ''Samrat Chandragupta''
* [[Achala Sachdev]] as ''Gayatri Devi''
* [[Bela Bose]] as ''Devi Mahamaya''
* [[Shobhna Samarth]] as ''Yashodhara''

==Soundtrack==
Music was by [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]] and lyrics were by [[Sahir Ludhianvi]].

===Track list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Ae Ri, Jane Na Dungi"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Sakhi Ri, Mera Man Uljhe"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Sansar Se Bhage Phirte Ho"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Kaahe Tarsaye Jiyara, Yauvan Rut Sajan Aake Na Jaye"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Usha Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Chha Gaye Badal Neel Gagan Par, Ghul Gaya Kajra"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Man Re, Tu Kaahe Na Dheer Dhare"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Maara Gaya Brahmachari"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* ''[[Amrapali (film)|Amrapali]]'' (1966)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0138360|Chitralekha}}

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