''Das Baje'', also called ''10 O'Clock'', is a

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. It was released in

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. This was a debut direction for Raja Nene, a protege of

V. Shantaram Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for films such ...

, and produced under Shantaram's

Prabhat Film Company Prabhat Film Company (popularly known as Prabhat Films) was an Indian film production company and film studios founded in 1929 by the noted film director V.Shantaram and his friends. It was formed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India in 1929, towar ...

banner. The film was a bilingual, made in Hindi, and in the

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as ''Daha Wajta''. The music direction was by

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. The story was written by Kashyap and Pawar, with dialogues in Hindi by Ashant. The photography was by E. Mohammed. It starred Paresh Bannerji, Urmila and Vasant Thengdi in the lead roles, with Baby Shakuntala and Manajirao forming the supporting cast. The story is a love triangle, which starts with a college romance between Asha and Dilip. Dr. Ramesh is also in love with Asha and her father's choice as her future husband. He faces a medical ethics dilemma when he has to operate on Dilip.

Plot

Asha (Urmila) and Dilip (Paresh Bannerji) study together in college and are in love with each other. While Urmila comes from a wealthy family, Dilip is poor but academically brilliant. His family consists of a young eight-year-old sister (Baby Shakuntala), whom he takes care of. Trouble arises when Urmila's father wants her to marry Dr. Ramesh (Vasnt Thengdi), who comes from an equally wealthy family, and has just returned from abroad after completing his medical studies. Asha agrees to sacrifice her love at her father's insistence and frail condition. During the wedding ceremony, Asha faints and the marriage is postponed. Dr. Ramesh tends to her and she informs him of her love for Dilip. She then tells her father that she will only marry Dilip and he agrees. Dilip meets with an accident when he is struck by a car. He comes under Dr. Ramesh's care who has to operate on him. For some moments, Dr. Ramesh is faced with either having the woman he loves or saving Dilip. In the end he goes with his conscience and operates successfully on Dilip.

Cast

* Paresh Bannerji as Dilip * Urmila as Asha * Vasant Thengdi as Dr. Ramesh * Baby Shakuntala as Dilip's sister * Manajirao

Review

Raja Nene, nephew of

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, started his career at

as an assistant director, working with Shantaram on '' Chandrasena'' (1935) and ''

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'' (1936). ''Das Baje'' in Hindi and ''Daha Wajta'' in Marathi were his first directorial ventures under Prabhat.

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in his review of the film in the January 1943 issue of ''

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'', stated that the producers Prabhat deserved no sympathy in their review. Prabhat Film Company was "at the top of the ladder" as far their "experience and success" was concerned, intent on making "only progressive and purposeful pictures" in their own words. According to Patel, ''Das Baje'' was "neither a progressive nor a purposeful picture". Nene, who had the "unique opportunity of being trained for years under Mr. V. Shantaram" had "either wasted his time all these years... or lacks the executive capacity to harness his training...." Urmila, as Asha the college-going had an "awful" English accent. Vasant Thengdi did not suit the role, being termed as a "pretty ridiculous portrayal". Paresh Bannerji as Dilip, fails to appeal. The sister's role by Baby Shakuntala "was very well played", "Barring Baby Shakuntala, no one gave a good performance". The dialogues by Ashant "have neither life nor literature in them". Music by

was termed "unsatisfactory". The film was a commercial success at the box-office. The film's success guaranteed the "rise" of Raja Nene as a director. He went on to form his own production company, Raja Nene Productions, in 1947.

Soundtrack

The music director was

, who was famous for his music composition in devotional and social films like ''

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'' (1934), ''

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'' (Marathi 1936), ''

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'' (''Kunku'', 1937) and ''

Sant Dnyaneshwar Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: ̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ, also referred to as Jnaneshwar, Jnanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of ...

'' (1940) and later for ''

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'' (1944). The lyricist was

Mukhram Sharma Mukhram Sharma (29 May 1909 – 25 April 2000) was an Indian film lyricist, script, and story writer. He is best known for winning the first Filmfare Award in the Filmfare Award for Best Story, Best Story category in 1955 for the film ''Aul ...

Song List

References

External links

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