One of Dilip Saab's finest films with memorable artistry by both actor and actress as well as songs that are to this day among the best songs ever written and sung in Indian movies.
This film was done in 1948 and predicted the kind of actor that Dilip Kumar was destined to become. He had a magnetism that overshadowed everyone and everything around him, even Kamini Kaushal, his lead actress. The film also gave a clear indication of the kind of movies in which Dilip Kumar was destined to excel: dramas and tragedies.
Shaheed, and Nadia Kepar before it, both with Kamini Kaushal, set the mood for DK to eventually become known as the "King of tragedy".