The Rebel

1940 Drama Directed by N.R. Acharya

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About The Rebel

Three college friends take three lines on marriage. Vijay is the liberal, Loknath the conservative, Jagdish the careerist. Vijay rescues a woman and marries her. Years later his son Anand repeats the rescue: he takes Jagdish's daughter from a bandit and marries her. That match closes the argument among the three men.

Cast & crew

More about The Rebel

N. R. Acharya directed the Hindi film for Bombay Talkies. Saradindu Bandyopadhyay and J. S. Kashyap are credited as writers. Saraswati Devi and Ramchandra Pal wrote the music. The Hindi title is Azad. Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, and Hansa Wadkar lead the cast.

Themes

  • Three friends, three marriages
  • A rescue that becomes a wedding
  • The son who repeats the father
  • Vijay
  • Loknath
  • Jagdish
  • Anand
  • Azad
  • Bombay Talkies
  • marriage

Background

The story uses three ideas of marriage as a stand-in for political temperaments of 1940.

Music

Saraswati Devi and Ramchandra Pal are credited with the music.

Notes

  • Also billed: Rama Shukul, Mumtaz Ali, Nazir Bedi, Nana Palsikar, and D. V. Surve.
  • The published outline does not assign Vijay, Loknath, or Jagdish to particular actors.
  • The Commons file is labeled Azad, 1940.

Scenes

  • Vijay rescues a woman and marries her.
  • Anand takes Jagdish's daughter from a bandit and marries her.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Azad, 1940.webm)