Das Baje

Das Baje, also calledOClock, is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1942. This was a debut direction for Raja Nene, a protege of V. Shantaram, and produced under Shantarams Prabhat Film Company banner. The film was a bilingual, made in Hindi, and in the Marathi language as Daha Wajta. The music direction was by Keshavrao Bhole. 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.

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 eightyearold sister Baby Shakuntala, whom he takes care of. Trouble arises when Urmilas 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 fathers 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. Rameshs 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.Raja Nene, nephew of Vishnupant Damle, started his career at Prabhat Film Company as an assistant director, working with Shantaram on Chandrasena 1935 and Amar Jyoti 1936. Das Baje in Hindi and Daha Wajta in Marathi were his first directorial ventures under Prabhat. Baburao Patel in his review of the film in the January 1943 issue of Filmindia, 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 collegegoing had an awful English accent. Vasant Thengdi did not s

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