The music of the film was composed by Ghulam Mohammad.[3] It is counted among the biggest musical hits of Mohammad; popular songs from this album include "Is Dard Ki Maari Duniya", "Dil Ka Sahara Chhute Na" and "Dil Le Ke Chupne Wale".[4]
Plot
The movie starts with Paras which is house of a wealthy man (K.N.Singh). He starts playing cards with his friend (D.K.Sapru) and starts losing everything including Paras and from where story takes many twist and turns.
Paras was a commercial success and the twentieth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1949.[7]
The film received positive reviews from critics. Baburao Patel of Filmindia called it "a rare mix of excellent performances and entertainment."[8] A majority of his review focused on Madhubala's portrayal; he wrote that "[w]ith her superb versatility, Madhubala makes Kamini Kaushal look like an amateur."[8] Author Jagdish Bhatia was also loud in his praise for Madhubala's work and favourably compared it to Jane Wyman's Academy Award-winning performance in Johnny Belinda (1948).[9]
Sources
Akbar, Khatija (1997). Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films. UBS Publishers Distributors. ISBN9788174761538.
Bhatia, Jagdish (1952). Celebrities: A Comprehensive Biographical Thesaurus of Important Men and Women in India. Aeon Publishers.