The film ends with the death of the warden at the hands of the oxes of a corrupt enemy who wants no competition in the profitable market he controls. 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 portrays a young jail warden Adinath, who rehabilitates six dangerous prisoners released on parole to persons of virtue.
The core plot line is thematically similar to the 1952 movie My Six Convicts.
The film was later remade in 1975 as the Tamil language film Pallandu Vazhga and in 1976 as the Telugu language film Maa Daivam. Shantaram fought with a bull and injured an eye, but his eyesight survived. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. Now, Swatantrapur is part of Atpadi tehsil in Sangli district of Maharashtra. The film was inspired by the story of an " open prison" experiment: Swatantrapur in the princely state of Aundh near Satara. This incident is related in an interview of David Godman, who talks about Maurice Frydman's extraordinary life and connection to India.
He went so far as to tell the movie maker, V Shantaram, that he would sue him in court if his name were to appear anywhere in the credits. The inspiration for this movie was a real experiment conducted by Maurice Frydman, who refused to have his name credited at the end of the film. The film is also remembered for the song "Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Bharat Vyas. It won a Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and a Golden Globe Award in the new category Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award for best film produced outside of the United States. It is considered to be one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on humanistic psychology. Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by V.
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