Barsaat (1949 film)
- Raj Kapoor: Pran
- Nargis: Reshma
- Prem Nath: Gopal
- K. N. Singh: Bholu
- Cuckoo: Ruby
- Nimmi: Neela
- B. M. Vyas: Reshmas father
- Ratan Gaurang:
Barsaat (Hindi: बरसात, Barasat, Urdu: برسات, translated: Rain ) is a successful Hindi film directed by and starring Raj Kapoor in the year 1949.
Action
The poet dreams of Pran feelings and her true love, while his friend Gopal devalues women rather than objects that are only of satisfaction.
As they make their way to a house that they want to buy for Pran, they pause at Neela who is in love with Gopal. After their night together, he gives her a promise to return the next monsoon. Then they buy the required house near a river.
On the other side of the river lives a fisherman. His daughter Reshma fished once Pran out of the water and fell in love with him. However, the father does not believe in this relationship. He even cut the rope that leads over the river, through, wants to escape as Reshma Pran.
The fisherman Bholu saves her from the water and wants to marry her. Despite all the misfortune Pran and Reshma find each other.
On the other hand, Gopal, who has become a better person and wants to return to the faithful Neela. His story ends at Neela's funeral pyre, which had been eagerly searching for him. He lights her funeral pyre on by Hindu rite, as it suddenly starts to rain. Sorry could Gopal his promise, his return at the next Monsoon hold.
Music
The lyrics to the music by Shankar - Jaikishan Hasrat Jaipuri wrote, Shailendra, Ramesh Shastri and Jalal Malihabadi. Many of the Mangeshkar songs were evergreens.
Background
Barsaat was after Aag (1948 ), the second production of the company RK Films and the first major success of producer, director and star Raj Kapoor. The scene in which Raj Kapoor Nargis in one hand and in the other hand holding a violin, is the emblem of his production company.
The unusually innovative Chiaroscuro recordings are metaphorical as in the scene as Reshmas father cuts the rope of this fading into the bow of the violin, with the Pran Reshma at night as recited serenade the Anniversary Song from The Jolson Story.