An orphan escapes hell only to find Calcutta's underbelly waiting with open, greasy palms.
Manik is mentally and physically abused by the manager of the orphanage he lives in. However, when he runs away to Calcutta, he finds himself in deeper trouble in a far more dangerous world.
Acting
Chhabi Biswas brings terrifying authority to every frame.
Direction
Sen's unflinching gaze refuses to look away from suffering.
Director
Bijali Baran Sen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Bengali cinema's golden age, it bridges commercial storytelling with the social realism that would explode in the 1970s.
The TMDB 0.0 rating with zero votes reveals how colonial and post-colonial cinema vanishes from Western databases — this film barely exists online.
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