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. While Pran and Reshma's love is true and reciprocated, Gopal is a womanizing villain, who disregards the faithful Neela and condemns her to wait faithfully for his return with the barsaat (rainy season).
Cinematography
Jal Mistry's misty Kashmir frames that defined Hindi cinema's visual language.
Acting
Nargis's eyes do what dialogue cannot.
Director
Raj Kapoor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barsaat established the 'Nargis in white saree, drenched' aesthetic that defined Hindi film romance for decades.
Raj Kapoor reportedly shot the famous rain sequences with Nargis actually shivering in freezing Kashmir water—method acting before it had a name.
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