It begins with the Roshan-Sahir Ludhianvi gem Garjat barsat sawan aayo re playing against the rain-drenched titles and setting the right romantic mood.

The reason for the title is provided later when the rains form a backdrop for the lead pair's first meeting. When hero Bharat Bhushan takes shelter from the rains in a canopied refuge, he finds a wet Madhubala there after her car breaks down. All the plot conventions we now know so well follow -- the heroine clutching at the hero when there is a flash of lightening, wringing water out of her clothes and fluttering nervously.