# Chitrahaar

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{{short description|Television program}}
{{redirect|Chitralahari|the film|Chitralahari (film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Chitrahaar.jpg
| genre                = Music
| creator              = 
| developer            = 
| writer               = 
| director             = 
| creative_director    = 
| presenter            = [Vipin Handa](/source/Vipin_Handa)
| theme_music_composer = 
| country              = India
| language             = Hindi
| num_seasons          = 
| num_episodes         = 
| producer             = 
| editor               = 
| cinematography       = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 25 minutes (with commercials)
| company              = [Doordarshan](/source/Doordarshan)
| channel              = [DD National](/source/DD_National)
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1982|08|15}}
| last_aired           = present
}}

'''''Chitrahaar'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/photos/remembering-9-iconic-doordarshan-shows-as-channel-celebrates-60th-anniversary-250043#chitrahaar-250037|title=Remembering 9 iconic Doordarshan shows as channel celebrates 60th anniversary|last=|first=|date=16 September 2019|website=Wio News|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> is a [television program](/source/television_program) on [DD National](/source/DD_National) featuring song clips from [Bollywood](/source/Bollywood) films. It was widely watched in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="Global Bollywood">{{cite book|last=Anandam P|first=Kavoori|title=Global Bollywood|year=2008|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-4799-5|page=184}}<!--|accessdate=10 November 2010--></ref> The word literally means 'a garland of pictures', or more liberally, 'a story of pictures'.

==History==
''Chitrahaar'' first aired in 1982.  In 1997, ''Chitrahaar'' went back to private producers, with ''Chitrahaar'' going to [Amit Khanna](/source/Amit_Khanna) of Plus Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19970228-two-top-programmes-on-dd1-chitrahaar-and-rangoli-go-back-to-private-producers-830188-1997-02-27|title=Two top programmes on DD1, Chitrahaar and Rangoli, go back to private producers|date=28 February 1997 }}</ref>

In 2010, ''Chitrahaar'' started using [same language subtitling](/source/same_language_subtitling) (SLS), where [Hindi](/source/Hindi) subtitles of the song's lyrics scroll across the screen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Watch-Chitrahaar-improve-language/articleshow/5431670.cms |title=Watch Chitrahaar, improve language! - Times of India |website=[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India) |date=11 January 2010 |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103190226/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-11/ahmedabad/28132818_1_spanish-film-literacy-subtitles |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The idea behind SLS is that people who are just learning to read would benefit by reading lyrics of the songs they are listening to and watching. It is an engaging way to promote literacy, especially in villages. This initiative of Doordarshan has been technically supported by the [Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Ahmedabad).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60628 Article in the ''Indian Express'' on SLS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502071751/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60628 |date=2 May 2005 }}
* {{IMDb title|0389595}}

Category:Hindi-language television shows
Category:DD National original programming
Category:1980s Indian television series
Category:1990s Indian television series
Category:2000s Indian television series
Category:2010s Indian television series
Category:1982 Indian television series debuts
Category:Indian musical television series

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