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Bees Saal Baad
Directed by	Biren Nag
Written by	Devkishen (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Dhruva Chatterjee
Based on	The Hound of the Baskervilles; by Arthur Conan Doyle, Nishithini Bivishika (novel) by Hemendra Kumar Roy
Produced by	Hemant Kumar
Starring	Biswajeet; Waheeda Rehman; Madan Puri; Asit Sen;
Cinematography	Marshall Braganza
Edited by	Keshav Nanda
Music by	Hemant Kumar
Production; company	Geetanjali Pictures
Distributed by	Geetanjali Pictures
Release date	1 January 1962;
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹30 million

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Bees Saal Baad (transl. Twenty Years Later) is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film. It was directed by Biren Nag and produced by Hemant Kumar, who also composed the music and sang some of the songs.^[2] The film marks the directorial debut of Biren Nag, and stars Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Madan Puri, Sajjan and Asit Sen.^[3]

The film is a loose adaptation of the Bengali hit thriller Jighansa (1951), which was based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles as well as loosely based on Hemendra Kumar Roy's novel Nishithini Bivishika.^[4] The film topped the box office chart in 1962, becoming a "super hit."^[1] The film became very popular for the song "Kahin Deep Jale", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Shakeel Badayuni for which they won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist respectively.^[5]

Plot

After a lustful Thakur in the village of Chandanghat rapes a young girl, she kills herself. Thereafter, the Thakur is killed by what the local people call the girl's vengeful spirit. Then the Thakur's son is also reportedly killed by the same spirit. Twenty years after the Thakur's death, his grandson Kumar comes to the village and is warned by the locals that the spirit will kill him as well, but he does not believe them. He hears the singing voice of the supposed spirit the first night from the swamp. The next day as he wakes up, he finds out about Radha, a carefree girl, who is the niece of an old man, Ramlal.

The singing continues the second night, but Kumar is unable to find the identity of the girl singing the song. He notices that there is a source of light in his house on the terrace. The next day, Kumar finds that his coat is lost. The news reaches Radha that Kumar has been killed. Radha does not believe this and runs into the forest, where Kumar comes in front of her. He says it was not he that was killed, but another man wearing his suit. He was killed in the swamp under the same tree where his father and grandfather were killed.

Later that night, Kumar sees Laxman, his servant arguing with a girl. Upon enquiring, Laxman explains that the man who was killed under the tree was none other than his sister's husband. Laxman used to give a signal from the roof (terrace) of the house occasionally to his fugitive brother-in-law, using the light from his lantern, after which that man would come to the house for supplies. Since the fugitive needed a coat, Laxman has stolen Kumar's coat and given it to him. Obviously, the "spirit" had chanced upon the fugitive in the forest, mistaken him for Kumar, and killed him. Radha strongly urges Kumar to leave the village and go back to town, since a person wearing his coat was killed by the spirit. Kumar refuses to leave.

Ramlal forbids his niece Radha to meet Kumar, since tongues in the village have begun to wag. Also, says Ramlal, Kumar is the grandson of a rapist and two generations of his family have met violent deaths; Kumar himself has been marked out by the spirit. Why get involved with him? Radha is deeply saddened after this conversation with her uncle. Seeing Radha so downcast, Ramlal tells her to call Kumar near the swamp where they will talk, and he will convince Kumar to leave the village. Kumar goes to the swamp, and the spirit tries to kill him, but he escapes. Radha finds out that the one who was pretending to be the spirit of the girl was none other than her uncle Ramlal. It was Ramlal's daughter who had been raped by Thakur, so he killed Thakur and Thakur's son and was trying to kill Thakur's grandson now. Police arrive and persuade Ramlal to surrender himself. Kumar and Radha meet each other and have a happy ending.

Cast

Biswajeet Chatterjee as Kumar Vijay Singh
Waheeda Rehman as Radha
Manmohan Krishna as Ramlal / Radheshyam
Madan Puri as Dr. Pandey
Asit Sen as Gopichand Jasoos
Sajjan as Detective Mohan Tripathi
Lata Sinha
Dev Kishan as Laxman

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hemant Kumar.

"Bekarar Karke Hume" - Hemant Kumar
"Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Sapne Suhane" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Yeh Mohabbat Mein" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Zara Nazaron Se Kah Do Ji" - Hemant Kumar

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Best Lyricist - Shakeel Badayuni for the song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil"
Best Female Playback Singer - Lata Mangeshkar for the song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil"
Best Editing - Keshav Nanda
Best Sound Design - S. Y. Pathak

Nominations

References

^ ^a ^b BoxOffice India.com Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kumar, Anuj (10 September 2009). "Bees Saal Baad (1962)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "Bees Saal Baad (1962) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ Chatterjee, ed. board Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. New Delhi: Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 659. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Bhimani, Harish (1995). In search of Lata Mangeshkar. New Delhi: Indus. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5.
^ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2007.

External links

[BOI-1] BoxOffice India.com Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Kumar, Anuj (10 September 2009). "Bees Saal Baad (1962)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[3] "Bees Saal Baad (1962) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[encyc-4] Chatterjee, ed. board Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. New Delhi: Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 659. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Lata-5] Bhimani, Harish (1995). In search of Lata Mangeshkar. New Delhi: Indus. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5.

[6] "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2007.

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+'''{{Lang|hi-latn|Bees Saal Baad}}''' ({{translation|Twenty Years Later}}) is a 1962 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[psychological thriller]] film. It was directed by [[Biren Nag]] and produced by [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]], who also composed the music and sang some of the songs.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=2009-09-10|title=Bees Saal Baad (1962)|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Bees-Saal-Baad-1962/article16880458.ece|access-date=2021-12-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The film marks the directorial debut of Biren Nag, and stars [[Biswajeet]], [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Madan Puri]], Sajjan and Asit Sen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bees Saal Baad (1962) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/bees-saal-baad-2937|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202194208/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/bees-saal-baad-2937|url-status=live|archive-date=2 December 2020|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Cinestaan}}</ref>
-The film is a loose adaptation of the Bengali hit thriller ''[[Jighansa]]'' (1951), which was based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' as well as loosely based on [[Hemendra Kumar Roy]]'s novel ''Nishithini Bivishika''.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=ed. board Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=659|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Bees+saal+baad+hound+of+baskervilles}}</ref>  The film topped the box office chart in 1962, becoming a "super hit."<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg== BoxOffice India.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021831/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> The film became very popular for the song "[[Kahin Deep Jale]]", sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and written by [[Shakeel Badayuni]] for which they won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist respectively.<ref name=Lata>{{cite book|last=Bhimani|first=Harish|title=In search of Lata Mangeshkar|year=1995|publisher=Indus|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7223-170-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaafAAAAMAAJ&q=Bees+saal+baad+hemant}}</ref>
+The film is a loose adaptation of the Bengali hit thriller ''[[Jighansa]]'' (1951), which was based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' as well as loosely based on [[Hemendra Kumar Roy]]'s novel ''Nishithini Bivishika''.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=ed. board Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=659|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Bees+saal+baad+hound+of+baskervilles}}</ref>  The film topped the box office chart in 1962, becoming a "super hit."<ref name="BOI">[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg== BoxOffice India.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021831/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> The film became very popular for the song "[[Kahin Deep Jale]]", sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and written by [[Shakeel Badayuni]] for which they won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist respectively.<ref name=Lata>{{cite book|last=Bhimani|first=Harish|title=In search of Lata Mangeshkar|year=1995|publisher=Indus|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7223-170-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaafAAAAMAAJ&q=Bees+saal+baad+hemant}}</ref>
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 The singing continues the second night, but Kumar is unable to find the identity of the girl singing the song. He notices that there is a source of light in his house on the terrace. The next day, Kumar finds that his coat is lost. The news reaches Radha that Kumar has been killed. Radha does not believe this and runs into the forest, where Kumar comes in front of her. He says it was not he that was killed, but another man wearing his suit. He was killed in the swamp under the same tree where his father and grandfather were killed.
-Later that night, Kumar sees Laxman, his servant arguing with a girl. Laxman explains that the one who was under the tree was his sister's husband. He showed him light everyday from the terrace, and Laxman has stolen the coat and given it to him. Radha advises him to leave, since a person wearing his coat was killed by the spirit. Kumar doesn't.
+Later that night, Kumar sees Laxman, his servant arguing with a girl. Upon enquiring, Laxman explains that the man who was killed under the tree was none other than his sister's husband. Laxman used to give a signal from the roof (terrace) of the house occasionally to his fugitive brother-in-law, using the light from his lantern, after which that man would come to the house for supplies. Since the fugitive needed a coat, Laxman has stolen Kumar's coat and given it to him. Obviously, the "spirit" had chanced upon the fugitive in the forest, mistaken him for Kumar, and killed him. Radha strongly urges Kumar to leave the village and go back to town, since a person wearing his coat was killed by the spirit. Kumar refuses to leave.
-Ramlal forbids Radha to meet Kumar, as people say she would be killed too. Kumar, meanwhile tries to figure out who is doing all this. Seeing Radha so sad, Ramlal tells her to call Kumar near the swamp where they will talk. Kumar goes to the swamp, and the spirit tries to kill him, but he escapes. Radha finds out that the one who was pretending to be the spirit of the girl was none other than her uncle Ramlal. It was Ramlal's daughter who had been raped by Thakur, so he killed Thakur, his son and was trying to kill his grandson now. Police arrive and persuade Ramlal to surrender himself. Kumar and Radha meet each other and have a happy ending.
+Ramlal forbids his niece Radha to meet Kumar, since tongues in the village have begun to wag. Also, says Ramlal, Kumar is the grandson of a rapist and two generations of his family have met violent deaths; Kumar himself has been marked out by the spirit. Why get involved with him? Radha is deeply saddened after this conversation with her uncle. Seeing Radha so downcast, Ramlal tells her to call Kumar near the swamp where they will talk, and he will convince Kumar to leave the village. Kumar goes to the swamp, and the spirit tries to kill him, but he escapes. Radha finds out that the one who was pretending to be the spirit of the girl was none other than her uncle Ramlal. It was Ramlal's daughter who had been raped by Thakur, so he killed Thakur and Thakur's son and was trying to kill Thakur's grandson now. Police arrive and persuade Ramlal to surrender himself. Kumar and Radha meet each other and have a happy ending.
 ==Cast==
-* [[Biswajeet]] as Kumar Vijay Singh
+* [[Biswajeet|Biswajeet Chatterjee]] as Kumar Vijay Singh
 * [[Waheeda Rehman]] as Radha
 * [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Ramlal / Radheshyam
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 ==Soundtrack==
+The music was composed by [[Hemant Kumar]].
 * "Bekarar Karke Hume" - [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]]
-* "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
+* "[[Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil]]" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
 * "Sapne Suhane" - Lata Mangeshkar
 * "Yeh Mohabbat Mein" - Lata Mangeshkar
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 * [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
 * [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - [[Biren Nag]]
-* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] - [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]]<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] - [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=6 December 2007 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
 * {{IMDb title|0055783|Bees Saal Baad}}
+*  [https://youtube.com/watch?v=vDk4Lq41UF4 {{Lang|hi-latn|Bees Saal Baad}}] on [[YouTube]] > [https://jeevanageetham.blogspot.com/2022/10/kahin-deep-jale-kahin-song-analysis.html Hindi songs Telugu philosophical translation]
+*  https://jeevanageetham.blogspot.com/2022/10/kahin-deep-jale-kahin-song-analysis.html
-[[Category:Hindi-language horror films]]
 [[Category:1962 films]]
 [[Category:1960s mystery films]]
 [[Category:1960s psychological thriller films]]
 [[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
+[[Category:1960s Indian films]]
 [[Category:Indian detective films]]
-[[Category:Films scored by Hemant Mukherjee]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Hemant Kumar]]
 [[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]]
 [[Category:Films set in country houses]]
+[[Category:Films set in swamps]]
 [[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
 [[Category:1962 directorial debut films]]
+[[Category:Films based on The Hound of the Baskervilles]]