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{{Infobox film
| name           = 11 O'Clock
| image          =11 O'Clock (1948 film).jpg 
| image_size     = 
| border         = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer       = Basant Pictures
| writer         = 
| screenplay     = Homi Wadia
| story          = 
| based_on       = 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[Fearless Nadia]]<br>[[John Cawas]]
| music          =  [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| cinematography = R. P. Master
| editing        = 
| studio         = Basant Pictures
| distributor    = M. B. Billimoria & Son
| released       = 1948
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = [[Hindi]]
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''11 O'Clock''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1948|1948]] action film directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name=Rajadhyaksha>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=26 June 1999|publisher=British Film Institute|pages=572, 594, 599|edition=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ&q=11+O%27Clock|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref> It starred [[Fearless Nadia]], [[John Cawas]], Atish Sayani and Aftab. The Austin car, which was a regular in most Fearless Nadia films, was given a billing with the main cast as "Austin Ki Bacchi" (daughter of Austin). The music was composed by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|last1=citwf|title=Eleven O'Clock|url=http://www.citwf.com/film100487.htm|website=citwf.com|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref> Homi Wadia had left [[Wadia Movietone]], having parted ways with his brother [[JBH Wadia]] and started his own film company called [[Basant Pictures]].<ref name="Kaur">{{cite book|last1=Kaur, Sinha|first1=Raminder, Ajay|title=Bollyworld: Popular Indian Cinema Through a Transnational Lens|date=14 June 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0344-8|pages=47–48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5cyGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47}}</ref> He was to continue with the action genre, but produced more mythological films under this banner. His co-sponsor was M. B. Billimoria, who also distributed the film.<ref name="Museum">{{cite web|last1=Museum|first1=Powerhouse|title=11 O'Clock|url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=407380#ixzz34gwRngHk|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==

Suresh ([[John Cawas]]) has been left {{INRConvert|1000000|year=1948}} by his uncle in his will. The stipulation is that he has to be married and reach the lawyer's office by 11 O'Clock the next morning. The money will otherwise go to his cousin Harish. He entreats Harish to help him find a bride, but under the pretense of helping him, Harish tries to foil his plans. With help from Lakshmi ([[Fearless Nadia]]) and a friend called Tattu, who has the Austin, they manage to make it on time.

==Cast==
*[[Fearless Nadia]] as Lakshmi
*[[John Cawas]] as Suresh
*Atish Sayani
*Aftab

==Production==
[[File: Fearless Nadia in 11 O'Clock (1948).jpg|thumb|Screenshot of Fearless Nadia in ''11 O'Clock'']]
Homi Wadia made 152 films under his Basant Pictures banner. Most were mythological, and several were action-adventure films starring Fearless Nadia. He made use of the same sets several times to save money.<ref name="Kaur" /><ref name="Museum" /> Like all his other action films, this too had Nadia doing her stunts, fist raised in the air, western clothes, running over trains, fist-fighting bad guys and hefting them on her shoulders, to make the formula-driven genre be understood and accepted by the audiences by just seeing the poster.<ref name="Museum" />

==Soundtrack==
The film's music was composed by Chitragupta, with lyrics written by Rajjan.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|last1=MySwar|title=11 O'Clock|url=http://myswar.com/album/11-o-clock-1948|website=myswar.com|accessdate=27 June 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063510/http://myswar.com/album/11-o-clock-1948|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Composer !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Phoolon Ke Haar Laayi"
|  [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
|  Rajjan
|-
| 2
| "Tu Kaun Se Kaune Mein"
| [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| Rajjan
|-
| 3
| "O Aasteen Kumari"
| [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| Rajjan
|-
| 4
| "Nazar Haseenon Se Hum"
| [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| Rajjan
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=tt0177471|title=11 O'Clock (1940 film)}}

{{Homi Wadia}}

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[[Category:1948 films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]
[[Category:1940s action adventure films]]
[[Category:Indian action adventure films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Chitragupta]]