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Do Aankhen Barah Haath

Do Aankhen Barah Haath (English: Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) is a
Do Ankhen Barah Haath
1957 Hindi film directed by V. Shantaram, who also starred in the film. It is
considered to be one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on Do Aankhen Barah Haath
humanistic psychology. It won a Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International (1957).jpg
Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Theatrical Release Poster
Samuel Goldwyn Award. The film is also remembered for the song "Aye Directed by V. Shantaram
Maalik Tere Bande Hum", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Bharat
Produced by V. Shantaram
Vyas.
Written by G.D.
The film was inspired by the story of an "open prison" experiment: Madgulkar
Swatantrapur in the princely state of Aundh near Satara. Now, Screenplay by G.D.
Swatantrapur is part of Atpadi tehsil in Sangli district of Maharashtra. It Madgulkar
was recounted by screenwriter G. D. Madgulkar to V. Shantaram.[1] In Story by G.D.
2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Madgulkar
Bollywood Films.[2] During filming, V. Shantaram fought with a bull and Starring V. Shantaram
injured an eye, but his eyesight survived.[3] The film was later remade in Sandhya
1975 in Tamil as Pallandu Vazhga, starring M.G. Ramachandran and Music by Vasant Desai
Latha, and in 1976 as the Telugu colour film Maa Daivam, starring N.T. Bharat Vyas
(lyrics)
Rama Rao and Jayachitra.
Cinematography G. Balkrishna
Edited by Chintamani
Borkar
Contents Production Rajkamal
company Kalamandir
1 Plot
Release date 1957
2 Cast
3 Crew Running time 143 minutes
4 Soundtrack India
Country
5 Awards
Language Hindi
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot
The film portrays a young jail warden Adinath, who rehabilitates six dangerous prisoners released on parole into
persons of virtue.

He takes these notorious, often surly murderers and makes them work hard with him on a dilapidated country farm,
rehabilitating them through hard work and kind guidance as they eventually produce a great harvest.

The film ends with the death of the warden at the hands of the minions of a corrupt enemy who wants no competition
in the profitable market he controls.

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This film takes the viewers through several scenes that set a strong moral lesson that through hard work, dedication
and concentration a person can accomplish anything. Also, this film explains that if people focus their energy on a
worthy cause, success is guaranteed.

Cast
V. Shantaram as Adinath, Jail warden
Sandhya as Champa
Baburao Pendharkar as Superintendent
Ulhas as Shanker Passi
B.M. Vyas as Jalia Nai
Paul Sharma
S. K. Singh
Gajendra
G. Ingawale
Chandarkar
Tyagraj
Asha Devi as Inmate's mother
Shankarrao Bhosle
Samar
Sunil
Keshavrao Date

Crew
Director : V. Shantaram
Producer : V. Shantaram
Banner : Rajkamal Kalamandir
Story : G. D. Madgulkar
Screenplay : G. D. Madgulkar
Dialogue : G. D. Madgulkar
Cinematographer : G. Balkrishna, Kirtiwan
Editor : Chintamani Borkar
Art Director : Baburao Jadhav, P. S. Kale
Make Up : Baba Vardam
Audiographer : A. K. Parmar

Soundtrack
All lyrics written by Bharat Vyas; all music composed by Vasant Desai.

No. Title Singer(s) Length

1. "Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum" Lata Mangeshkar
2. "Ho Umad Ghumad Kar Aayi Re Ghata" Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
3. "Main Gaaun Tu Chup Ho Ja" Lata Mangeshkar
4. "Sainyya Jhoothhon Ka Bada Sartaj Nikala" Lata Mangeshkar
5. "Tak Tak Dhum Dhum" Lata Mangeshkar

Awards

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Year Category Cast/Crew member Status

National Film Awards[4]

Best Feature Film V. Shantaram Won

1957
Best Feature Film in Hindi V. Shantaram Won

Berlin International Film Festival[5]

1958 Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury[6] V. Shantaram Won

Golden Globe Awards[7]

1959 Samuel Goldwyn Award V. Shantaram Nominated

See also
My Six Convicts (Do Aankhen's plot exhibits a certain similarity with the autobiographical story of Donald Powell
Wilson)
The Dirty Dozen

References
1. Ambarish Mishra (28 Sep 2006). "50 years of a Shantaram classic" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/50-ye
ars-of-a-Shantaram-classic/articleshow/2033356.cms). The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
2. 25 Must See Bollywood Films (http://movies.indiatimes.com/Special_Features/25_Must_See_Bollywood_Movies/
articleshow/msid-1250837,curpg-22.cms) indiatimes.com.
3. Classics Revisited - Do Aankhen Barah Haath (http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/sep/23dinesh.htm) Rediff.com.
4. "5th National Film Awards" (http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf) (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved
2 September 2011.
5. Awards (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards) Internet Movie Database.
6. "Berlin Film Festival: Prize Winners" (http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/0
3_Preistraeger_1958.html). berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
7. http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/two-eyes-twelve-hands

External links
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/) on IMDb
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEWIw2PkQL8) on Youtube

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