Do Aankhen Barah Haath
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| Do Aankhen Barah Haath | |
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| Starring | V. Shantaram |
| Release date(s) | 1957 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Do Aankhen Barah Haath (English: Two Eyes Twelve Hands) is a black-and-white 1957 film. It is considered as one of the classics of the Indian cinema.
The film is also remebered for its theme song, Aye maalik tere bande hum, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Bharat Vyas.
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[edit] Plot
The film portrays a young jail warden who transforms six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue.
He takes these six notorious, surly murderers and makes them work hard with him on a dilapidated country farm and produces great harvest. He wants to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
The film ends with the death of the warden. And shows how reformed his pupils after all his work with them.
It is based on morals of Gandhian philosophy.
The film was inspired by the story of a 'open-prison' experiment in the princely state of Oundh near Pune, which was recounted by G D Madgulkar to V. Shantaram [1].
In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films [2].
The film was later remade into the Telugu color film Maa Daivam (1976) starring NTR and Jayachitra.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Cast
- V. Shantaram - Adinath, Jail warden
- Sandhya - Champa
[edit] Trivia
During the filming V. Shantaram battled with a bull and lost his one eye during the stunt.[citation needed] He was daring and filled livingness to the movie.
[edit] References
- ^ 50 years of a Shantaram classic The Times of India, 28 Sep 2006.
- ^ 25 Must See Bollywood Films indiatimes.com.
- ^ Awardsimdb
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