Pran (Raj Kapoor) and Reshma (Nargis) and Gopal (Prem Nath) and Neela (Nimmi).

Two friends with contrasting personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both have affairs with two mountain girls while holidaying in the valley of Kashmir.

Gopal on the other hand finally becomes a reformed character and rushes to claim Neela who has been pining away, arriving there he finds his love dead.

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.

[4] Rakesh Budhu of Planet Bollywood gave 10 stars stating, "Barsaat is ideally one of Hindi cinema's best soundtracks".