Chitralekha is a 1964 Hindi-language Comedy Drama movie directed by Kidar Sharma and produced by A.k. Nadiadwala. Chitralekha stars Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Meena Kumari Bano, Mehmood Ali and Jillani. The screenplay is written by Kidar Sharma and Rajinder Kumar Sharma which is inspired from Chitralekha by Bhagwati Charan Verma. The music was composed by Roshan along with Sahir Ludhianvi. Cinematography was done by D.C. Mehta and editing by Prabhakar Gokhale. It was released on 1st January 1964. When Aryaputra Samant Bijgupt ignores Yashodhara and continues to frequent Rajnartaki Chitralekha, Yashodhara's father, Mrityunjay, approaches celibate Yogi Kumargiri, who reprimands Chitralekha and asks her to free Bijgupt so that he can marry and sire a heir. She initially refuses, but subsequently decides to abandon her lavish lifestyle, and re-locates to the Ashram of Kumargiri and his male disciples, leaving a disillusioned Bijgupt no choice but to accede to the request of Samrat Chandragupt and marry Yashodhara. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)