The Rebel

Overview

An allegory of contemporary political attitudes presented in terms of differing approaches to the institutionalisation of sexuality: marriage. There are three college friends: the liberal Vijay the conservative Loknath and Jagdish, a careerist. Vijay rescues a damsel in distress and marries her. Later, his son Anand repeats his father's history by rescuing Jagdish's daughter from a bandit and marrying her, resolving the differences between the three friends.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 15, 1940

Original language

Hindi

Spoken languages

Hindi

Countries

India

Production

Bombay Talkies Workers Industrial Co-Operative Society [IN]

Cast

Ramchandra Pal,Hansa Wadkar,Leela Chitnis,Ashok Kumar,Arun,D. V. Surve,Rama Shukul,Mumtaz Ali,Nazir Bedi

Director

N.R. Acharya

Writer

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay,J.S. Casshyap

Music

Saraswati Devi,Ramchandra Pal

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0149751