The Rebel

The Rebel

1940 · 119 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by N.R. Acharya · Written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

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