Bari Theke Paliye (1958)

This intricately woven social drama revolves around Kanchan, an eight-year-old mischievous prankster with a rebellious streak.

Growing up in a village, he ends up in some trouble or the other more often than not. 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. When he returns, it is as a mature person with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.