Top Cast
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Param Bhattaraka Lahiri
Kanchan
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Kali Bannerjee
Haridas
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Padmadevi
Mother
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Keshto Mukherjee
Ishu Bhelkiwala
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Satindra Bhattacharya
Mini's father
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Niti Pandit
Mini's mother
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Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
Father
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Nripati Chatterjee
Feriwala
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Jahar Roy
Non-Bengali man
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.
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