The Rebel (1940)

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.

Cast

Leela Chitnis

Jamuna

Ashok Kumar

Vijay

Hansa Wadkar

Rama Shukul

Mumtaz Ali

Nazir Bedi