Barsaat Ki Raat
Barsat Ki Rat is a 1960 Bollywood film starring Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala, Shyama, Mumtaz Begum and K.N. Singh. It was directed by P. L. Santoshi.
This film was released in black-and-white. It became particularly popular for its qawwali songs and was one of the biggest hits at the box office in 1960. This was music director Roshan's biggest musical success; almost all the film songs became hits. Barsaat Ki Raat was also one of the last films to star celebrated actress Madhubala.
Story
The story features a number of innovative themes while maintaining the basic form of a love story. It has particularly strong female characters who are independent-minded and choose their own loves and destiny. Conflicts are not so much between the wishes of the parents and children about whom the children will marry, as is a common theme in Indian movies, but on the more complex level of conflicts among the main characters and the duplicitous signals men and women send each other. The movie glorifies the lives of "singing girls" not often regarded highly in Indian society. Although it is set with Muslim characters, the movie seamlessly shows the universality of sensual love.Music
The song and dance does not occur randomly as is often the case in Indian movies; instead it is an integral part of the story-line, which involves a poet and singer as well as poetry competitions that were once common in the Indian society.| # | Song | Singer |
| 1 | "Maine Shayad Tumhe Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 2 | "Maayus To Hoon Vaade Se Tere" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 3 | "Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 4 | "Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
| 5 | "Mujhe Mil Gaya Bahaana Teri Deed Ka" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 6 | "Na To Karvaan Ki Talash Hai" | Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey, S. D. Batish |
| 7 | "Nigah-e-Naaz Ke Maaron Ka Haal Kya Hoga" | Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, Shankar Shambhu, S. D. Batish |
| 8 | "Ji Chahta Hai Chum Loon Teri Nazar Ko Main" | Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, Balbir, Bande Hassan |
| 9 | "Garjat Barsat Saawan Aayo Re" | Suman Kalyanpur, Kamal Barot |