Bari Theke Paliye

Brilliant movie. A young, keen minded naughty boy runs away from his village to go to Calcutta. The movie has a lot of good shots of Calcutta in the 50s and a lot of real cinema without any attempt to glamorise or depress things needlessly as a lot of films try to do. Things aren't attempted to be too dramatic and the focus is on depicting things realistically. So you have happy stuff and sad stuff but not artificial stuff. Even the children in the movie act like normal children would. I loved how Ghatak took the shots. For instance, a busy street is shown from behind a street light in the middle of the road.

First I want to say thanks to the guy or group who made this film available online, otherwise we have been searching for a good print for years now. This adventure film is based on a kaleidoscopic novel by one of the greatest author Shibram Chakraborty i.e. about a boy, getting inspired by the stories of El Dorado, running away to come to the then Calcutta. The songs are so much good an apt that I remember almost all of them from my childhood when I was unaware about this film, book or the director; music was composed by the legendary Salil Chowdhury. Another value addition is casting the timeless superstars in all supporting roles - Kali Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Bijon Bhatacharya, Manu Mukhopadhyay, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Jahar Roy, Keshto Mukherjee and so on. One of the early entires from here to show, or hint, about an adolescent infatuation on screen.