Runaway

Jun 24, 1958

2h 4m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

L.B.Films International

Runaway Trailers

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Cast

Kanchan

Param Bhattaraka Lahiri

Haridas

Kali Bannerjee

Mother

Padmadevi

Ishu Bhelkiwala

Keshto Mukherjee

Mini's father

Satindra Bhattacharya

Mini's mother

Niti Pandit

Father

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Feriwala

Nripati Chatterjee

Non-Bengali man

Jahar Roy

Shriman Deepak

Bechu Singha

Nani Ganguly

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