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The Royal Hunt (1976)

1h 59m

Running Time

The Royal Hunt (1976)

Name: The Royal Hunt
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-04-01

1h 59m

Running Time

Plot.

A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.

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Cast & Crew.

Mithun Chakraborty

Ghinua

Mamata Shankar

Ghinua's Wife

Samit Bhanja

Rebel

Sadhu Meher

Bhuban Sardar

Anoop Kumar

Ajit Banerjee

Shekhar Chattopadhyay

Sujal Roy Chowdhury

Reba Roy Chowdhury

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Ann Wright

Robert Wright

British Administrator

Rajeshwara Rao

Producer

Bhagavati Charan Panigrahi

Story

Mrinal Sen

Screenplay / Director

Salil Choudhury

Music

K.K. Mahajan

Director of Photography

Mohit Chattopadhya

Screenplay

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 1, 1976

Original Name
मृगया

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 59m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-01

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Mrigayaa (lit. 'The royal hunt') is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by K. Rajeshwara Rao. Based on Shikaar, an Odia short story by Bhagbati Charan Panigrahi, it stars Mithun Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar, both making their cinematic debuts through the film.

The film score was provided by Salil Chowdhury, while K. K. Mahajan handled the cinematography. At the 24th National Film Awards, Mrigayaa won two awards—Best Feature Film and Best Actor for Mithun Chakraborty. It also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie apart from being nominated for the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977.