Thursday, May 19, 2011

CHITRALEKHA A A NOVEL(1934) and A FILM (1964)

Chitralekha, played by Tragedy Queen Meena Kumari, is a story of a court-dancer set in the 4th century, during the Gupta period. The movie discusses fidelity and love. Directed and written by Kidar Nath Sharma, Ashok Kumar plays the role of Yogi Kumargiri, and Achala Sachdev is Gayatri Devi. Pradeep Kumar, Mehmood, Menu Mumtaz, among others add to the opulent and lovely costume drama that is Chitralekha.

Chitralekha is a Hindi novel, written by Bhagwati Charan Verma in 1934. The novel is about the philosophy of life and love. The story starts with a dialogue between the great hermit Ratnambar and his disciples, Shwetank and Vishaldev about the sin that humans usually do in life; is nothing, though he or she (human) becomes the victims and slave of circumstances. So, according to Ratnambar - "there is no such sin and virtue". Since everyone does according to the circumstances and fell in different parts of the life span. The luxurious life by a great feudal and young soldier, Bijgupta (Pradeep Kumar in the film), who serves under the Maurya empire and the king Chandragupta Maurya and a beautiful dancer and young widow, Chitralekha (Meena Kumari in the film) - actually they are the main characters of this novel. However, another secondary character is Kumargiri (Ashok Kumar in the film), who too was a hermit and fell in love with Chitralekha and becomes the victim of life and time. Shwetank and Vishaldev have to find the truth of life and sin as suggested by their guru, Ratnambar. They become the slaves of the surroundings too, as well as Bijgupta, who too fell in the serious circumstances created by the 'time'. The other characters are Yashodhara, the princess, and his father, the aged Mritunjay. The character, Chanakya, has been brought to make the novel interesting.

AND A BEAUTIFUL SONG OG THIS FILM
Sansar se bhage phirte ho,
Bhagwan ko tum kya paoge,
Is lok ko bhi apna na sake,
Us lok me bhi pachhtaaoge.
Ye paap hai kyaa ye punya hai kyaa
riton par dharam ki muharen hai
kalyug me badlte dharmon ko
kaise adrash bana'oge
Ye bhog bhi ek tapasya hai,
Tum tyaag ke maare kya jano,
Apmaan racheeyeta ka hoga ,
Rachna ko agar thukraoge...
ham kehte hain ye jag apna hai
tum kehte ho jhoota sapna hai
ham janam bita kar jayenge
tum janam gawan kar jaoge...


video link....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pueoTXV6FLY&feature=related

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