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In his one -act play, Chitra, Tagore displays two different facets of feminine through the central character Chitra. Firstly, in the form of a warrior in male attire he presents her powerful side and secondly, as a graceful woman having angelic qualities of peace, grace, and beauty he presents her soft side. Chitra is brought up as a son by her father and was supposed to take over the reins of Manipur after her father. She is swollen with pride of her expertise and masculinity till she falls in love with Arjuna, who spurns her. She has no touch of feminine in her, she is expert in hunting, riding and war. At her male attire she was disorientated by Arjuna her dream hero, and rejected when she was dressed as female but loved when she looks gorgeous. Chitra stands out as a personification of power and assertion. This paper focuses light on the male chauvinism and magnanimity of a female character Chitra and also how she can be seen in the new women of the present day. This paper aims at the study of Citra as personification of some of the traits of power theory of feminism and the power which resides inside of female soul.