Achhut Kanya (The Untouchable Girl)
Year Language Running Time Rating
1936 Hindi & B/W (with English subtitles) 142 minutes Festival Rating 18+
       
ACMI, Federation Square: Sunday , May 5 at 2 pm

Director Franz Osten
Cast Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Anwar, P.F. Pithawala, Pramila, Kusum Kumari
Synopsis A classic example of the ‘social’ film: movies that challenged the injustices of contemporary Hindu society head on. Here, celebrated director Franz Osten took on the caste system with a tale of forbidden love between a Brahmin boy and an “untouchable” girl for the legendary Bombay Talkies studio.
     
     
     
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