Runaway
Genres
Overview
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, until he reaches there.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
124 min
Release Date
1958-06-24
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
6.3
Param Bhattaraka Lahiri
Kanchan
Kali Bannerjee
Haridas
Padmadevi
Mother
Keshto Mukherjee
Ishu Bhelkiwala
Satindra Bhattacharya
Mini's father
Niti Pandit
Mini's mother
Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
Father
Nripati Chatterjee
Feriwala
Jahar Roy
Non-Bengali man
Shriman Deepak
Chandan
Bechu Singha
Nani Ganguly
Bijon Bhattacharya
Shailen Ghosh
Nanda
Krishna Jaya
Mini
Satu Majumdar
Coal thief
Gupi Banerjee
Mani Srimani
Bhanu Ghosh
Shakti Sen
Shishir Banerjee
Gopal Chatterjee
Shankar Chatterjee
Nripen Lahiri
Suprakash Ghosh
Jayanta Chatterjee
Alo Sarkar
Paritosh Roy
Susil Roy
Bareen Bose
Shriman Swapan
Monu Mukherjee
Sita Mukherjee
Charlie Mennon
Pradyot Mahalanbish
Shrabon Sen
Mohammed Israil
Binoy Lahiri
Subhash Rakshit
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