Subodh Ganguli

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.

A middle-aged bank clerk happens on a stone with alchemical properties, allowing him to turn steel into gold.