The National Film Archive of India has found a reel of a banned 1957 Kishore Kumar starrer Begunah, more than 60 years after the Mumbai High Court ordered all prints of the film to be destroyed. The rare clip, found in 2020, showed music composer Jaikishen (of Shankar-Jaikishen fame) on the piano, actor Shakila dancing and Mukesh as the playback crooning the song Ae Pyaase Dil Bezubaan.

"Several people have been searching for the reel for many years. Since we didn`t have it, we too started looking for it actively. It is a miracle of a discovery," NFAI Director Prakash Magdum told PTI. The film, which released in 1957, got mired in controversy with Paramount Pictures America alleging it was a copy of their 1954 movie Knock on Wood. It won the rights and the Mumbai High Court ordered all the prints of the film to be destroyed.