Barsaat - 2702

Barsaat, 1949 Director: Raj Kapoor Music: Shanker/Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra Choreography: Krishna Kumar Playback Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi Cast: Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Prem Nath, Nimmi, K.N. Singh, Cuckoo Translation included. The Encyclopedia Of Indian Cinema has this to say about Barsaat: Kapoor’s sombre musical classic contrasts different notions of love. The rich and ‘sensitive’ Pran (Kapoor) passionately loves the poor country girl Reshma (Nargis). Defying her father’s objections, who repudiates her, she runs to Pran but apparently drowns on the way. Pran and his philandering friend Gopal (Premnath), who callously jilted the village girl Neela (Nimmi), are driving through the country and happen upon Reshma’s wedding to the obsessive fisherman (Singh) who saved her and believes he owns her. Pran crashes his car, stops the wedding and gets Reshma while the repentant Gopal finds that Neela has killed herself. Kapoor’s 2nd