"Waves of the Danube" became a recurring theme in Raj Kapoor's films, "Mera Naam Joker" (1963) being the most prominent among them. Menezes was very nervous during the shoot, which consequently required many takes. At the end of the performance, he had a scene in which Nargis's character held on to his legs and required him to kick her away. He also made a cameo appearance in it playing the waltz composition "Waves of the Danube" by Josef Ivanovici aka Ion Ivanovici.
Rakesh Budhu of Planet Bollywood gave 10 stars stating, "Barsaat is ideally one of Hindi cinema's best soundtracks". Bestselling bollywood music album of movie 'Barsaat' is now in the form of Audio Jukebox. 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. This success allowed Kapoor to buy RK Studios in 1950. Barsaat was one of the first major hit films directed by Kapoor. It was also the introduction of actress Nimmi in her first film role. The film stars the famous duo of Kapoor and Nargis as well as Prem Nath. The film was the debut for music directors Shankar Jaikishan and established their careers. Barsaat (English: Rain) is a 1949 Indian Hindi -language film directed by Raj Kapoor. 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.