How to access function of a parent controller inside the child directive - angularjs

Question

How can I call a function from parent controller inside the child directive?
my controller looks something like this.
angular.module('myVillage')
.controller('myVillageController', myVillageController);
function myVillageController($scope, $q, $element, $timeout) {
function moveHome() {
console.log("moved home")
}
}
my directive looks something like this.
angular
.module('myVillage')
.directive('myVillagModal', myVillagModal);
var vm = this,
cachedKeys = {},
limitInit = 500;
function myVillagModal(myVillage, $filter) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: myVillagelTemplateUrl,
bindToController: true,
scope: {
items: '=',
selectedItems:'=',
selectedItemsChanged: '&'
},
transclude: true,
controller: myVillageController,
controllerAs: 'vm'
};
function myVillageController() {
//....
}
}
I want to call the moveHOme function inside the move-village directive.
<div ng-controller="myVillageController">
<move-village></move-village>
</div>

Answer 1

You can try
$scope.$parent.moveHome();
from the child controller.

Answer 2

Thank you, people, for trying to answer.
I was missing to pass $scope inside the myVillagecontroller due to that I was not able to access parent controller scope.
here is my answer.
angular
.module('myVillage')
.directive('myVillagModal', myVillagModal);
var vm = this,
cachedKeys = {},
limitInit = 500;
function myVillagModal(myVillage, $filter) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: myVillagelTemplateUrl,
bindToController: true,
scope: {
items: '=',
selectedItems:'=',
selectedItemsChanged: '&'
},
transclude: true,
controller: myVillageController,
controllerAs: 'vm'
};
function myVillageController($scope) {
//$scope.$parent now gives the scope of parent controller
//....
$scope.$parent.moveHome(); //this gives 'moved home'
}
}