

No.Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Mohammad RafiĬhances are if you ever picked up a remix album recently or even listened to a retro soundtrack you’ve heard a song from Raj Kapoor’s “ Baarsaat”. BarsaatĪll music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Rakesh Budhu of Planet Bollywood gave 10 stars stating, "Barsaat is ideally one of Hindi cinema's best soundtracks". The soundtrack was listed by Planet Bollywood at number 1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks. The famous playback singer Lata Mangeshkar famously sang for both Nargis and Nimmi in Barsaat.Īctress Bimla Kumari appears swaying in the song 'Hawa mein udta jaaye', the song become very popular as well. The film was the debut for music directors Shankar Jaikishan and established their careers. The music of Barsaat became famous upon the film's release in 1949.

One of the posters showing the heroine dangling on the arm of the hero would go on to inspire the R K Studios' famous logo. The much-acclaimed poster and publicity for the movie were illustrated by the master artist Dr S. The film ends with Gopal lighting Neela's funeral pyre as the rains finally come. Gopal on the other hand finally becomes a reformed character and rushes to claim the ever-faithful Neela who has been pining away, only to arrive to find his true love dead. Many plot intrigues follow through with Pran and Reshma facing many trials on the path to true love, including parental opposition, accidents, and an attempted forced marriage of Reshma to an uncouth fisherman. While Pran and Reshma's love is true and reciprocated, Gopal is a womanizing villain, who disregards the faithful Neela (Nimmi) and condemns her to wait faithfully for his return with the barsaat (rainy season).

Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both have affairs with two mountain girls while holidaying in the valley of Kashmir. Pran (Raj Kapoor) and Reshma (Nargis) and Gopal (Prem Nath) and Neela (Nimmi). The film revolves around two love stories.
