rumahale on Thursday, August 02, 2012
This Barssat song is more significant and interesting for me, in view of
presence of my favourite star Waheeda Rehman. Beautiful number by Rafi
Sahab and Geeta Dutt with rich lyrics by Shailendra and fine composition by
S D Burman. I don't know about its popularity or standing in media wordl,
but for me, it is a great song. Thank you for excellent video presentation.

Moti Lalwani on Sunday, May 03, 2015
As narrated to me by my friend Mr Archisman Mozumder:
"Vijay Anand is widely attributed as one of the finest in the industry in
terms of positioning a song in a movie & its picturisation. He can be
safely credited with some of the finest Navketan releases since the late
1950-s.
Vijay Anand has gone on record in an interview (which I’m unable to trace
now) that SD Burman was very perceptive about the power & impact of the
medium of films & took a keen interest in understanding the situation of a
song & its context in the landscape of the entire movie.
In the same interview he has mentioned about a particular incident where it
was SD Burman who had suggested that the song ‘Rimjhim ke taraane le-ke
aayi barsaat’ in Kala Bazaar (1960) be picturised on the hero & heroine
with the song playing only in the background. Vijay Anand immediately liked
the idea & thus was the lovely Rafi-Geeta duet created.
In my opinion, this song, with visuals of a rain-lashed promenade of South
Bombay, the fleeting images of flashbacks & the muted yet expressive faces
of the debonair hero Dev Anand & the dainty heroine Waheeda, is one of the
best-picturised songs in the annals of Indian movies. It is as timeless as
the Raj-Nargis duet from Shri 420, thanks to SD Burman who had suggested on
how to picturise it."

Manoj Kumar on Monday, July 06, 2015
Arei...Hey Oopar waale.ye kya kar daala toone...rafi saab ko kahan le
gaya hamse chheen ke.Rafi!!! kahaan ho aap, please wapis aa jaao
sir...is dharti loak par loag tadaf rahe hain aapke liye...aur wo Khuda ki
aawaz phir se waapis le aao please.'Sunke matwaale - Kaale badlon ka
sho.o.o.r.r.r.'.kahan hai wo shor...wo shor nahi sunayi de raha rafi
saab.Please come back to this...ye wadiyan, ye fijaayein sach mein aapko
bulaa rahi hai.please, please come back with 'Khudaa ki Aawaz'

Bhavesh Desai on Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Kala Bazar {1960}: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Nanda, Leela Chitnis, Vijay
Anand, Chetan Anand, Rashid Khan, Madan Puri, Mumtaz Begum, Kishor Sahu,
Helen, Krishen Dhawan, M.A.Latif, Jankidas, Bikram Kapoor & Many Others
Singers: Geeta Roy, Mohd.Rafi, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosnle, Sudha Malhotra
Lyrics: Shailendra
Music: S.D.Burman & Assistant: Jaidev
Producer: Dev Anand & Assistant: Kalpana Kartik
Director: Vijay Anand
Navketan Presents

Mani Menon on Friday, December 06, 2013
'Kala Bazar' was a 'sangam' of so many talents in the Hindi film industry
of its time. And this song! Wah! There have been innumerable
'barsat-baarish' songs but none come anywhere near this marvellous duet!
Every time I hear this song, I almost rush and open my umbrella! Aaaah!
Those were the days of wonderful movies with exquisite evergreen songs.
And, like wine, the songs get better and better as the years go by.