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Cast
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Param Bhattaraka Lahiri | ... |
Kanchan
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Padmadevi | ... |
Mother
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| Gyanesh Mukherjee | ... |
Father
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| Kali Bannerjee | ... |
Haridas
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Satindra Bhattacharya | ... |
Mini's Father
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Nripati Chatterjee | ... |
Feriwala
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Shriman Deepak | ... |
Chandan
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Shailen Ghosh | ... |
Nanda
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Krishna Jaya | ... |
Mini
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| Keshto Mukherjee | ... |
Magician
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Niti Pandit | ... |
Mini's Mother
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Jahar Roy | ... |
Traffic Policeman
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Satu Majumdar | ... |
Coal thief (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ritwik Ghatak | ||
Written by
| Shibram Chakraborty | ... | (novel) |
| Ritwik Ghatak | ... | (writer) |
Music by
| Salil Choudhury | ||
Cinematography by
| Dinen Gupta | ||
Editing by
| Ramesh Joshi | ||
Additional Crew
| Khaled Chowdhury | ... | publicity layouts |
Production Companies
- L.B.Films International (Bengal)
Distributors
- Janata Pictures and Theatres (1958) (India) (theatrical) (Bengal)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Kanchan, all of eight years old is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, till he reaches there. But the glimpses of reality are harsher and the victims he meets give him a different view of the city. He himself has to struggle for survival and experiences life as it is, only to go back to his village home. This time as a mature person and with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father. Written by Swarup Basak |
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