देश दासी

Desh Dasi is a social drama from Ranjit Movietone in which young Vinakumari (Gohar) and her suitor Dr. Rasik (Eddie Billimoria) encounter a religious social reform movement led by the Gandhi-like figure of Dilip Kumar (Raja Sandow), along with other socially minded volunteers. The film engages with the Gandhian reform movements sweeping Indian society in the mid-1930s, filtered through Chandulal Shah's characteristic popular-social register. Running to nearly three hours, it was among the more ambitious social pictures of the year.

Music director and lyricist undocumented for this production. Runtime approximately 2 hours 47 minutes, suggesting a substantial song complement.

One of Ranjit Movietone's more substantive social dramas, engaging directly with Gandhian social reform as a narrative subject. At nearly three hours, it demonstrates the appetite of the mid-1930s talkie audience for socially engaged long-form popular cinema.