Aman had known Mubarak Ali, the chief qawwal in the rival camp, and his pretty daughter Shama before coming to Hyderabad and even written a few qawwalis for them. A greater surprise was the identity of the other group of qawwals. One day Aman discovered to his surprise that Fitna had passed on his qawwalis to the two rival groups of qawwals participating in a competition. Fitna persuaded Aman to write poetry for him, which he, in turn, passed on to the group of qawwals for singing. Even though he never wrote anything himself, he passed on other poets’ writings-including Aman’s-as his own. In a train compartment, Aman met Finta a “second-hander”. Disappointed and disheartened Aman decided to leave the city and go into the wilderness of a self-imposed exile.
The young lovers eloped but again were frustrated in their attempts by Aman’s friend Shekhar who brought Shabnam back to the family. The parents of Shabnam forbade their meetings.
He discovered that girl-Shabnam was the elder sister of a girl whom he had been engaged to teach.įrom that day started a most unusual love affair between the daughter of a Khan Sahib and the young poet. But that moment and that meeting gave a new meaning to Aman’s life the vision of that girl became the greatest reality for him. It was a brief meeting and soon she was lost in the darkness and the rain. A young woman, beautiful as only God’s own hand could make her sensuously wet as only the water from the skies can drench a girl, took shelter in a Blacksmith’s shop and unknowingly went into the arms of the young poet. On a rainy night in the city of Hyderabad, Aman, a young poet in search of inspiration, has a glimpse of a dream in flesh. “Barsaat Ki Raat”-the night of the rain-is the dynamic love story of a man who lived intensely, wrote passionately, and loved with all the fervor of young love.
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