Plot
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, i.e. Kolkata 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 gets to know the dialectics of life in the city of joy, love and hate, honesty and dishonesty. He meets the small and loving girl Mini and her family, folk singers, street hawkers, footpath magicians, beggars, thieves. 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 he realises that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.Soundtrack
* ''Ore–ore Nore–nore, Shonkure... Bulbul Bhaja...'' * ''O, Ami Onek, Ghuriya... Koilkatta'' * ''Mago Amay Deko Na Ko Aar''See also
* List of works of Ritwik GhatakReferences
External links
* 1958 films Bengali-language Indian films Films directed by Ritwik Ghatak Films set in Kolkata Indian children's films 1950s Bengali-language films Indian coming-of-age films {{1950s-Bengali-film-stub