Do Aankhen Barah Haath

Do Ankhen Barah Haath
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. Shantaram
Produced by	V. Shantaram
Written by	G.D. Madgulkar
Starring	V. Shantaram; Sandhya
Music by	Vasant Desai
Cinematography	G. Balkrishna
Edited by	Chintamani Borkar
Production; company	Rajkamal Kalamandir
Release date	1957; ; ; ; ;
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Do Aankhen Barah Haath (lit.?Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) is a 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 humanistic psychology. It won a Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Samuel Goldwyn Award. The film is also remembered for the song "Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Bharat Vyas.

The film was inspired by the story of an "open prison" experiment: Swatantrapur in the princely state of Aundh near Satara. Now, Swatantrapur is part of Atpadi tehsil in Sangli district of Maharashtra. It was recounted by screenwriter G. D. Madgulkar to V. Shantaram. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. During filming, V. Shantaram fought with a bull and injured an eye, but his eyesight survived. The film was later remade in 1975 as the Tamil language film Pallandu Vazhga and in 1976 as the Telugu language film Maa Daivam.

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.

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)
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

Year	Category	Cast/Crew member	Status
National Film Awards
1957	Best Feature Film	V. Shantaram	Won
1957	Best Feature Film in Hindi	V. Shantaram	Won
Berlin International Film Festival^[6]
1958	Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury^[7]	V. Shantaram	Won
Golden Globe Awards^[8]
1959	Samuel Goldwyn Award^[9]	V. Shantaram	Won