Beautiful Girl) is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Girish Karnad.
The film stars Sushma and Sonali Kulkarni with the latter playing the titular role.
Rajiv Menon was chosen as the film's cinematographer after collaborating with Girish Karnad for several documentaries.
And, precisely because it is a not-so-subtle fable, Cheluvi is a good film to be shown by environmentalists to urban and rural groups.
It should communicate their message far more effectively than the dozens of inept documentaries that have been made on the subject".