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Two Eyes Twelve Hands is a film of genre Drama directed by V. Shantaram with V. Shantaram
Two Eyes Twelve Hands (1957)
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Add to a movie listDo Aankhen Barah Haath (Hindi: दो आँखें बारह हाथ, English: Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) is a 1957 Hindi film directed by V. Shantaram, who also starred in the film. It is considered 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 the first Indian film to win Golden Globe Award in the category Samuel Goldwyn Award. The film is also remembered for its 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, though his eyesight survived. The film was later remade in 1975 in Tamil as Pallandu Vazhga starring M.G. Ramachandran and Latha, and in 1976 as the Telugu color film Maa Daivam starring N.T. Rama Rao and Jayachitra.
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The film portrays a young jail warden, Adinath, who rehabilitates six dangerous prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue.Actors
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, 1h52Directed by V. Shantaram
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Rating69%
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, 2h23Directed by V. Shantaram
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, 2h4Directed by V. Shantaram
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, 2h31Directed by V. Shantaram
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Directed by V. Shantaram
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Actors Lalita Pawar, Sandhya Shantaram
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Navrang (1959)
Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films
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Rating67%
Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna on everything. But Jamuna does not agree that Diwakar lives out of sheer poetry in a fantasy world and the real world less and less responsible. Diwakar goes so far that he is a fantasy woman in his wife's body creates what he calls Mohini.
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, 2h55Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
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The film is a loose adaptation of the first major German sound film "Der Blaue Engel".