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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| name = Bahut Din Huwe		\| name = Bahut Din Huwe
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	\| studio = <!-- or: \| production_companies = -->[[Gemini Studios]]		\| studio = <!-- or: \| production_companies = -->[[Gemini Studios]]
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	\| released = 19 ~~March 1954~~		\| released = {{Film date\|1954\|03\|19\|df=yes}}
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	\| country = India		\| country = India
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	\| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}0.32 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}40 crore as of 2016)		\| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}0.32 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}40 crore as of 2016)
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	'''''Bahut Din Huwe''''' ({{~~lit~~\|Many days have passed}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[S. S. Vasan]], produced by [[Gemini Studios]] and starring [[Madhubala]]. It is a remake of the [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)\|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942).		'''''Bahut Din Huwe''''' ({{Translation\|Many days have passed}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[S. S. Vasan]], produced by [[Gemini Studios]] and starring [[Madhubala]]. It is a remake of the [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)\|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942).

	''Bahut Din Huwe'' received lukewarm reviews from critics upon its release in March 1954.<ref ~~name=":0"~~>{{Cite book\|last=Ashokamitran~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCCaCwAAQBAJ&q=bahut+din+huwe&pg=PT37~~\|title=Fourteen Years with Boss\|~~date~~=~~2016-03-01~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Penguin UK~~\|isbn=978-93-~~85890~~-84-0\|~~language~~=en}}</ref~~> The film was not a commercial success, although it went on to celebrate a [[silver jubilee]] in [[Pune\|Poona]].<ref name=":0" /~~>		''Bahut Din Huwe'' received lukewarm reviews from critics upon its release in March 1954. The film was not a commercial success, although it went on to celebrate a [[silver jubilee]] in [[Pune\|Poona]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Ashokamitran \|title=Fourteen Years with Boss \|publisher=[[Penguin Books]] \|year=2016 \|isbn=978-0-14-342329-4 \|pages=68 \|author-link=Ashokamitran}}</ref>

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
	[[Madhubala]] plays the role of Princess Chandrakanta, who is born due to the blessings of Nagraj. ~~However, due~~ to ~~the~~ Nagraj's curse, the Queen dies as soon as the princess stops breastfeeding. The second Queen grows jealous and orders her men to kill ~~the princess~~. However, ~~she is left~~ in the forest ~~and~~ gets adopted by a priest~~. The priest's~~ wife ~~believes she will bring misfortune to her family and~~ ill treats her. When she grows up, she is spotted by Prince Anand Kumar, who immediately falls in love with her. She marries him and gives birth to a son. An evil magician king, Bhadra Chamund, decides to marry Chandrakanta ~~upon finding out~~ that she is the most beautiful woman in the world. ~~He disguises~~ himself as a saint and goes to her palace to beg for alms and kidnaps her~~. His wife Mohini warns him that like Ravan, he will meet his end because of kidnapping a woman who is devoted to her husband, but he pays no heed~~. When Prince Anand Kumar finds out, he marches to Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his army to defeat him, but The Prince and the army are turned to stone by his magic.		[[Madhubala]] plays the role of Princess Chandrakanta, who is born due to the blessings of Nagraj. Due to Nagraj's curse, the Queen dies as soon as the princess stops breastfeeding. The second Queen grows jealous of the princess and orders her men to kill her. However, they leave her in the forest, where she gets adopted by a priest and his wife, who ill-treats her. When she grows up, she is spotted by Prince Anand Kumar, who immediately falls in love with her. She marries him and gives birth to a son. An evil and lustful magician king, Bhadra Chamund, decides to marry Chandrakanta when he discovers that she is the most beautiful woman in the world. Disguising himself as a saint, he and goes to her palace to beg for alms and kidnaps her. When Prince Anand Kumar finds out, he marches to Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his army to defeat him, but The Prince and the army are turned to stone by his magic.

	Years later, Chandrakanta and Vijaykumar's son, Prince Vijay Kumar ([[Rattan Kumar]]), who is brought up by the palace servants, learns the truth about his parents and resolves to free them. He reaches Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his servant Tarang Sen ([[Agha (actor)\|Agha]]) and ~~manages to impress~~ him by presenting ~~him with~~ a garland. ~~By fooling~~ the guards, he enters the jail and meets his mother Chandrakanta. ~~He learns from her~~ that across seven mountains and a dark cave lies a five coloured parrot, in which Bhadra Chamund has stored his soul. He sets upon on this dangerous journey~~, travels~~ to the faraway land Mayanagari, faces several obstacles like women who try to hypnotise him by playing the veena, and encounters magical illusions like a garden containing talking animals.		Years later, Chandrakanta and Vijaykumar's son, Prince Vijay Kumar ([[Rattan Kumar]]), who is brought up by the palace servants, learns the truth about his parents and resolves to free them. He reaches Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his servant Tarang Sen ([[Agha (actor)\|Agha]]) and impresses him by presenting a garland. Fooling the guards, he enters the jail and finally meets his mother Chandrakanta. Chandrakanta tells him that across seven mountains and a dark cave lies a five-coloured parrot, in which Bhadra Chamund has stored his soul. He sets upon this dangerous journey to the faraway land Mayanagari, faces several obstacles like women who try to hypnotise him by playing the veena, and encounters magical illusions like a garden containing talking animals.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
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	* [[Savitri (actress)\|Savitri]] as Mohini		* [[Savitri (actress)\|Savitri]] as Mohini
	* [[Pushpavalli]] as Bhulakshmi Devi		* [[Pushpavalli]] as Bhulakshmi Devi
	* Gulab as Flower ~~Women~~		* Gulab as Flower Woman
	* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)\|Kanhaiyalal]] as Pujari		* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)\|Kanhaiyalal]] as Pujari
	* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Ekadasi		* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Ekadasi
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	== Production ==		== Production ==
	''Bahut Din Huwe'' is a remake of the [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)\|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942),<ref>{{~~cite~~ news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629133534/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm~~\|url-status=dead~~\|archive-date=29 June 2003~~\|title=With a finger on people's pulse\|last1=Guy\|first1=Randor\|date=23 May 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=3 May 2018~~\|authorlink1=Randor Guy}}</ref> and marked [[Savitri (actress)\|Savitri]]'s debut in Hindi cinema.<ref name="Savitri">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/who-is-legendary-actress-savitri-nadigaiyar-thilagam-mahanati-1234385-2018-05-16 \|~~title~~=~~Who was Savitri, the legend immortalised in Mahanati? \|last=Janani \|first=K~~ \|date=~~16 May~~ 2018 \|~~work~~=~~[[India Today]]~~ \|~~access~~-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Shooting took place at [[Chennai\|Madras]].<ref name="Madhubala">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/140218/madhubalas-85th-birthday.html \|~~title=Madhubala's 85th birthday: Mistress of beauty, stardom and tragedy \|date=14 February 2018 \|work~~=~~[[Deccan Chronicle]]~~ \|access-date=31 July 2018~~}}<~~/~~ref>~~		''Bahut Din Huwe'' is a remake of the [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)\|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942),<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|date=23 May 2003 \|title=With a finger on people's pulse \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm \|url-status=dead \|access-date=3 May 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629133534/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm \|archive-date=29 June 2003 \|authorlink1=Randor Guy}}</ref> and marked [[Savitri (actress)\|Savitri]]'s debut in Hindi cinema.<ref name="Savitri">{{Cite news \|last=Janani \|first=K \|date=16 May 2018 \|title=Who was Savitri, the legend immortalised in Mahanati? \|work=[[India Today]] \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/who-is-legendary-actress-savitri-nadigaiyar-thilagam-mahanati-1234385-2018-05-16 \|url-status=live \|access-date=31 July 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062119/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/who-is-legendary-actress-savitri-nadigaiyar-thilagam-mahanati-1234385-2018-05-16 \|archive-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Shooting took place at [[Chennai\|Madras]].<ref name="Madhubala">{{Cite news \|date=14 February 2018 \|title=Madhubala's 85th birthday: Mistress of beauty, stardom and tragedy \|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] \|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/140218/madhubalas-85th-birthday.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=31 July 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062431/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/140218/madhubalas-85th-birthday.html \|archive-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

	~~== Reception ==~~
	~~Writer [[Ashokamitran]] said, "''Bahut Din Huwe'' was not a bad film~~. ~~It had the unfailingly swift [[Gemini Studios\|Gemini]] narration~~. ~~The special effects cameraman Prahlad Dutt had, with the available equipment and resources (which were not much), worked out some extraordinary visuals~~.~~"<ref>{{Cite book \|title=Fourteen Years with Boss \|last=Ashokamitran \|publisher=[[Penguin Books]] \|year=2016 \|isbn=978~~-0-~~14-342329-4~~ \|~~pages=70 \|author~~-~~link~~=~~Ashokamitran~~}}</ref>

	== Songs ==		== Songs ==
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{{short description|1954 film by S. S. Vasan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bahut Din Huwe
| image = Bahut Din Huwe.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[S. S. Vasan]]
| producer = S. S. Vasan
| writer = Dialogues by:<br />Pandit Indra,<br />J. S. Casshyap
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Madhubala]]<br />[[Ratan Kumar|Rattan Kumar]]
| narrator =
| music = E. Sankara Sastri,<br />B. S. Kalla
| cinematography =
| editing = N.R.Krishnaswami
| studio = [[Gemini Studios]]
| distributor = 
| released = 19 March 1954
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}0.32 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}40 crore as of 2016)
}}
'''''Bahut Din Huwe''''' ({{lit|Many days have passed}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[S. S. Vasan]], produced by [[Gemini Studios]] and starring [[Madhubala]]. It is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942).

''Bahut Din Huwe'' received lukewarm reviews from critics upon its release in March 1954.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Ashokamitran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCCaCwAAQBAJ&q=bahut+din+huwe&pg=PT37|title=Fourteen Years with Boss|date=2016-03-01|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-85890-84-0|language=en}}</ref> The film was not a commercial success, although it went on to celebrate a [[silver jubilee]] in [[Pune|Poona]].<ref name=":0" />

== Plot ==
[[Madhubala]] plays the role of Princess Chandrakanta, who is born due to the blessings of Nagraj. However, due to the Nagraj's curse, the Queen dies as soon as the princess stops breastfeeding. The second Queen grows jealous and orders her men to kill the princess. However, she is left in the forest and gets adopted by a priest. The priest's wife believes she will bring misfortune to her family and ill treats her. When she grows up, she is spotted by Prince Anand Kumar, who immediately falls in love with her. She marries him and gives birth to a son. An evil magician king, Bhadra Chamund, decides to marry Chandrakanta upon finding out that she is the most beautiful woman in the world. He disguises himself as a saint and goes to her palace to beg for alms and kidnaps her. His wife Mohini warns him that like Ravan, he will meet his end because of kidnapping a woman who is devoted to her husband, but he pays no heed. When Prince Anand Kumar finds out, he marches to Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his army to defeat him, but The Prince and the army are turned to stone by his magic.

Years later, Chandrakanta and Vijaykumar's son, Prince Vijay Kumar ([[Rattan Kumar]]), who is brought up by the palace servants, learns the truth about his parents and resolves to free them. He reaches Bhadra Chamund's kingdom with his servant Tarang Sen ([[Agha (actor)|Agha]]) and manages to impress him by presenting him with a garland. By fooling the guards, he enters the jail and meets his mother Chandrakanta. He learns from her that across seven mountains and a dark cave lies a five coloured parrot, in which Bhadra Chamund has stored his soul. He sets upon on this dangerous journey, travels to the faraway land Mayanagari, faces several obstacles like women who try to hypnotise him by playing the veena, and encounters magical illusions like a garden containing talking animals.

== Cast ==
* [[Madhubala]] as Chandrakanta
* [[Ratan Kumar|Rattan Kumar]] as Vijayakumar
* Swaraj as Prince Anand Kumar
* [[Agha (actor)|Agha]] as Tarang Sen
* Kailash as Bhadra Chamund
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] as Mohini
* [[Pushpavalli]] as Bhulakshmi Devi
* Gulab as Flower Women
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Pujari
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Ekadasi
* Suryaprabha as Young Queen
* Neela as Mala
* [[Sachu|Baby Saraswati]] as Young Chandra
* [[M. K. Radha]] as The King
* Roy Chowdhury as Nagaraj
* Indira Acharya as Maid
* Thousands of Gemini Boys and Girls

== Production ==
''Bahut Din Huwe'' is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'' (1942),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629133534/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2003|title=With a finger on people's pulse|last1=Guy|first1=Randor|date=23 May 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 May 2018|authorlink1=Randor Guy}}</ref> and marked [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]'s debut in Hindi cinema.<ref name="Savitri">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/who-is-legendary-actress-savitri-nadigaiyar-thilagam-mahanati-1234385-2018-05-16 |title=Who was Savitri, the legend immortalised in Mahanati? |last=Janani |first=K |date=16 May 2018 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Shooting took place at [[Chennai|Madras]].<ref name="Madhubala">{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/140218/madhubalas-85th-birthday.html |title=Madhubala's 85th birthday: Mistress of beauty, stardom and tragedy |date=14 February 2018 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Writer [[Ashokamitran]] said, "''Bahut Din Huwe'' was not a bad film. It had the unfailingly swift [[Gemini Studios|Gemini]] narration. The special effects cameraman Prahlad Dutt had, with the available equipment and resources (which were not much), worked out some extraordinary visuals."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Fourteen Years with Boss |last=Ashokamitran |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-14-342329-4 |pages=70 |author-link=Ashokamitran}}</ref>

== Songs ==
#"Saiyaan Tere Prem Ki Diwaani Ban Aai Hun" – [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
#"Ammaa Ammaa Tu Kahaan Gai Amma" – Lata Mangeshkar
#"Gajaananam, He Ganesh Gananaayak" – Lata Mangeshkar
#"Vinaa Meri Aashaa Bhari, Kyun Chameli Khilakhilaati Hai Bata" – Lata Mangeshkar
#"Mai Hu Rup Ki Rani" – Lata Mangeshkar
#"Chanda Chamke Nil Gagan Mrunal" – Lata Mangeshkar

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0134301}}

{{S. S. Vasan}}
{{Gemini Studios}}

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