"With Barsaat...Raj Kapoor went through the roof. The film was the biggest hit of its time...and Raj Kapoor became the torchbearer of romanticism in Hindi cinema. This moral tale concerns two young city vacationers, a cynical Don Juan played by Premnath, and an idealistic poet and song writer played by Raj. Both fall for mountain girls; one romance ends in suicide, the other with a happy marriage. The moving final sequence is a haunting cremation scene on a mountain top. The superb black-and-white cinematography is often in the service of impressive depth-of-focus shots. There are two rousing dance sequences, one a splendid village fete, the other an amusing turn by Cuckoo in a night club. The picture's idiosyncratic score...reveals Neapolitan, Hungarian and South American influences.... From Barsaat onwards, the music in Kapoor's films was...always an integral part of the fabric...(helping to) carry the movement of the story." Elliott Stein