Bari Theke Paliye 1958 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Bari Theke Paliye (1958)

– Bari Theke Paliye 1958
– 2h 4 min. | Drama | 24 June 1958 (India)

Storyline:

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.

User review:

First I want to say thanks to the guy or group who made this film available online, otherwise we have been searching for a good print for years now. This adventure film is based on a kaleidoscopic novel by one of the greatest author Shibram Chakraborty i.e. about a boy, getting inspired by the stories of El Dorado, running away to come to the then Calcutta. The songs are so much good an apt that I remember almost all of them from my childhood when I was unaware about this film, book or the director; music was composed by the legendary Salil Chowdhury. Another value addition is casting the timeless superstars in all supporting roles – Kali Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Manu Mukhopadhyay, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Jahar Roy, Keshto Mukherjee and so on. One of the early entries from here to show, or hint, about an adolescent infatuation on screen.

Director: Ritwik Ghatak
Writers: Shibram Chakraborty (novel), Ritwik Ghatak
Stars: Param Bhattaraka Lahiri, Padmadevi, Gyanesh Mukherjee
Country of origin: India
Language: Bengali
Also known as: Runaway
Filming locations: Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051399/