Review by jackranch

This was a pretty good movie. It was nowhere near as good as the amazing Pyaasa, which is one of the best movies ever in my opinion. This movie is the timeless story of a man trying to find acceptance and love. There are weak parts but they are overcome by the script and the excellent actors, especially Dutt regular Johny Walker. Shyama and Shakila both provided good performances and I would love to see them in a movie that was more focused on them. The DVD I had was very poor quality. It was one of the Forever Classics in the Yash Raj collection and the subtitling was way off. There appear to be at least 3 different versions on DVD, hopefully the others are better quality. All in all you cannot go wrong with Guru Dutt. If you haven't seen one of his movies before, you should definitely try Pyaasa first and then check this one out.