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Chitralekha (चित्रलेखा) was a friend of Usha and daughter of minister of Banasura. She was a talented lady who helped Usha to identify the young man seen in the dream of Usha. Usha was daughter of Banasura, a thousand-armed asura and son of Bali. Banasur was a powerful and terrible asura. When Usha became young, number of proposals came for her marriage but Banasur accepted none. Usha one day saw a young man in her dream and fell in love with him. He was Aniruddha, the grandson of Lord Krishna. Chitralekha through supernatural powers abducted Aniruddha from the palace of Krishna and brought him to Usha. When Krishna knew it he came with a huge army and attacked Banasura. There was a severe battle.Banasura had got a powerful boon by Lord Shiva that he will always protect him in any circumstances.When banasura came to know that he will be defeated by the enormous powers of Lord Krishna he asked Lord Shiva to come in battlefield and help him.So unwillingly Shiva helped Banasura by spreading fever causing bacteria in the army of Krishna, which made his army unable to fight. Krishna in turn created anti-bacteria (probably anti-biotics) to kill bacteria spread by Shiva. All soldiers of Krishna’s army got healed and became ready to fight. She is referred to as the consort of Ketu of the Navagraha
Chitralekha may refer to:
- Chitralekha (deity), a Hindu deity
- Chitralekha (novel), a 1934 Hindi historical novel by Bhagwati Charan Verma
- Chitralekha (weekly), a Gujarati magazine
- Chitralekha (1941 film), a film based on the above novel
- Chitralekha (1964 film), another film based on the same novel, starring Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar
Chitralekha is a 1934 Hindi novel, written by Bhagwati Charan Verma. The novel is about the philosophy of life and love, sin and virtue. The novel was written, while the author was still practicing law at Hamirpur and brought him immediate fame and starting his literary career. The novel is inspired by the famous novel Thaïs by Anatole France.
Chitralekha is a weekly magazine published in Gujarati and Marathi. The magazine is published by the Chitralekha Group from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Chitralekha's first issue was published in 1950, under the editorship of Vaju Kotak.
It has given rise to many prominent Gujarati columnists including Kanti Bhatt, Chandrakant Bakshi, Taarak Mehta, and others. After the death of founding editor Vaju Kotak in 1958, Madhuri Kotak took the charge of the magazine along with Harkisan Mehta who edited it till 1998.
The Chitralekha Group publishes several other magazines, including Watch World (a niche magazine focused on Watches) and BTW (By The Way - a lifestyle magazine circulated with Chitralekha Gujarati).
On 20 April 2011, the Indian Postal Service issued a Rs. 5 commemorative postage stamp honouring Chitralekha.
Chitralekha is a 1941 Indian Bollywood film, directed by Kidar Sharma and based on 1934 Hindi novel of the same name by Bhagwati Charan Verma. Its music is by noted classical musician Ustad Jhande Khan, giving popular songs like "Sun sun Neelkamal Muskaye," "Saiyyan Saware Bhaye Baware," and "Tum Jao Bde Bhagwan Bane, Insaan Bano."
It was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941. Khan used he used classical Ragas like Bhairavi and Asavari to the score making it influential for classical based Hindi film songs. This was the debut of actor Bharat Bhushan, who later achieved fame with Bhaiju Bawra (1952). Sharma cast Mehtab as he felt she was "perfect" for the role of Chitralekha. Mehtab achieved both fame and notierity with the famous bathing scene in the film.
It was remade by Sharma in 1964, also titled Chitralekha, starring Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar.
Chitralekha is a 1964 historical-philosophical Hindi film, directed by Kidar Sharma, starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari and Pradeep Kumar. It was based on 1934 Hindi novel by 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 courtesan Chitralekha. Films music and lyrics were by Roshan and Sahir Ludhianvi and noted for his songs like, "Sansaar Se Bhaage Phirte Ho" and "Man Re Tu Kaahe".
It was a remake of Chitralekha (1941), also directed by Kidar Sharma, which was the second highest grossing Indian film of 1941. Unlike its previous version, this one didn't do well at the box office; critics have suggested poor screenwriting and incorrect casting as reasons.