Chaitali is a 1975 Hindi film, directed by veteran director Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

The film has actors Dharmendra, Saira Banu and Pradeep Kumar in lead.

Manish, a college professor, takes in Chaitali, a thief, and offers to support her to go straight.

Chaitali lies that she is a widow when she isn't even married since she is the daughter of a fugitive and is brought up in a kotha (dancing house) by her protective stepmother.

She decides to return money for the stolen necklace with earnings from her dancing but this is interpreted as arrogance and she is thrown out of the house.