The final film in Channel 4’s short ‘golden anniversary’ season of Bollywood films will be shown in the early hours of Monday morning.
Set in Hyderabad and directed by PL Santoshi, Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) stars Bharat Bhushan as Aman Hynderabadi, a young poet who falls for police commissioner’s daughter Shabnam Bahadur (played by Madhubala).
True love prevails in the end, but not before Aman overcomes the obstacles Shabnam’s family place in the couple’s way.
- Barsaat Ki Raat – Monday 17 May, 00:20-03:00