There was a jail warden. He wanted to do an experiment. He wanted to bring some of the most dangerous prisoners out of the prison walls and keep them in the open and reform them. He does this experiment with six prisoners and takes them to a place and starts making them work there. But reforming such prisoners is not an easy task. He faces many difficulties and in the end the prisoners reform. But something happens that he loses his life. Of course, such experiences are very rare but this incident is not from real life but from reel life.
Experiment of Open Prison and Two Eyes and Barah Haath
We are talking about the memorable Bollywood film Do Aankhen Barah Haath. Do Aankhen means the jail warden and Barah Haath means the six prisoners he brings with him. The songs and story of this film are all recorded in the golden history of Bollywood. The story of the film was on the open prison theme. Do Aankhen Barah Haath was released in the year 1957. It was directed by V. Shantaram. It is counted among the classic films of Hindi cinema.
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Actor-director of ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’ suffers eye injury
V. Shantaram has played the role of a jail warden in Do Aankhen Barah Haath. His passion for filmmaking and acting can be understood from the fact that he had an injury on one of his eyes during the shooting. There is a scene at the end of the film where the jail warden fights with bulls. His eye was injured while filming this scene. V. Shantaram can be seen fighting with a bull in this film. It is said that the film was based on a true incident and it is said to be from Swatantrapur in Maharashtra during the British period.
International award for Do Aankhen Barah Haath
V. Shantaram’s Do Aankhen Barah Haath is a film that has earned a lot of fame worldwide. It won the Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award in the Samuel Goldwyn category for the best film made outside the US.
Do Aankhen Barah Haath Music
Stars like V. Shantaram, Sandhya, Baburao Pandherkar, Ulsah and B.M. Vyas were seen in Do Aankhen Barah Haath. The songs of the film were liked a lot. Its music was given by Vasant Desai. Lata Mangeshkar’s song Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum is still heard a lot. Apart from this, Saiyaan Jhoothon Ka Bada and Tak Tak Dhum Dhum and Umad Ghumdkar Aayi Re Ghata are also very popular songs.
