Brahmachari (1938)
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Cast and crew
Meenakshi in Brahmachari (1938)
Meenakshi in Brahmachari (1938)
Meenakshi in Brahmachari (1938)
Meenakshi in Brahmachari (1938)
Director: Master Vinayak
Writer: P.K. Atre
Cast: Master Vinayak, Meenakshi, V.G. Jog
Story
In the 1930s many idealistic, young, middle-class Hindu men were attracted to a celibate-muscular version of Hinduism. (The Boy Scouts movement in the west and celibate versions of Islam were also doing the rounds around the same time--for young men from their respective communities.) ' Brahmachari' means 'celibate' and the film's hero Audumbar (Vinayak) has resolved to be celibate. However, saucy, playful Kishori (Meenakshi) leads him away from the straight and narrow, partly by appearing in a swimming costume.
The film, in effect, poked fun at this celibate-muscular version of Hinduism.
