Meanwhile, Pran has been giving a few speeches to Gopal about how he’ll get what’s coming to him if he continues his careless behavior, and there are many references to how he’s playing with fire. And that, of course, happens when he meets the Nargis character, Reshma. I guess Nimmi did well with such roles.) Then there’s the character whom Raj plays, named Pran (probably not a choice that would have been made a couple of years later), who’s a big romantic waiting for the true love to whom he will devote himself wholly, eternally, etc.
(By the way, I was reminded of her role in Aan, which came out two years later, where she played another love-obsessed and obviously doomed character. One guy, Gopal, played by Prem Nath, is a big cad, thinking that he can be casual about love, being unfaithful and very neglectful to the pretty and obviously rather vulnerable girl Neela, played by Nimmi. It basically revolves around two guys roaming around the mountains and various related vacation spots, seeking or finding love with very different approaches. The plot just wasn’t very interesting to me, and it ended in completely predictable fashion (which must have been predictable even in 1949, I think).
But there were a couple of problems for me, such as the plot. So, I wanted to love this movie, I wanted to say that it was Raj Kapoor’s first masterpiece.
Dilip is great and Nargis is great here also, but the chemistry between them doesn’t come close to this!)
(I’ve also been watching Mela (1948) on and off the past few days, which pairs Nargis with Dilip Kumar. My eyes and ears were riveted for close to half of the movie… Beautiful music (Shankar Jaikishan’s best, and one of Lata’s best), beautiful scenes and settings, real quality acting (Nargis was outstanding), and incredible chemistry between Raj and Nargis.
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