Chitralekha - Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar

Chitralekha, 1964 Director: Kidar Nath Sharma Music: Roshan Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Choreography: P.L. Raj Playback: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi Cast: Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shobhana, Bela Bose, Minoo Mumtaz, Achala Sachdev English subtitles included. The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema says this about Chitralekha: Sharma’s 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 Beejgupt leads to questions of infidelity, the futility of love and corrupt ascetics. The film contributed to Meena Kumari’s image as the archetypal courtesan in costume spectaculars (cf. Pakeezah, 1971), although its garish colors and costume design betray the degeneration of Sharma’s work since his b&w romances. Here's Anu's review of the film: https://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/... Here's a playlist of the seven songs: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/P... TOOLS USED FOR THE FILM: AviSynth for the video editing Audacity for the audio work. Aegisub and Subtitle Edit for the subtitles VirtualDub2 for the encoding INDIAN FILM COPYRIGHT: COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: The Indian copyright law: http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/Cop... INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 CHAPTER I Preliminary (f) "cinematograph film" means any work of visual recording on any medium produced through a process from which a moving image may be produced by any means and includes a sound recording accompanying such visual recording and cinematograph shall be construed as including any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films.” "CHAPTER V Term of Copyright 26.Term of copyright in cinematograph films. In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the film is published." My words: Indian film copyright (including video, dialog, music, lyrics, songs) lasts for sixty years and any film and its songs released more than sixty years ago is in the public domain. No extensions, no renewals, no exceptions. This film is no longer protected by copyright.