The Rebel
1940, Hindi. Directed by N.R. Acharya.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hindi
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- Released
- 4 May 1940
- Original title
- Azad
- Country
- India
- Written by
- J.S. Casshyap, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
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The Rebel runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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The Rebel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 May 1940. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Rebel?
The Rebel (1940) was directed by N.R. Acharya and stars Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Hansa Wadkar.