Mrigayaa

Mrigayaa
Directed by	Mrinal Sen
Produced by	Rajeswar Rao
Written by	Mrinal Sen
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Mamata Shankar Shekhar Chatterji Sadhu Mehar Ganesh Mukherjee Anoop Kumar Tom Alter
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Cinematography	K.K. Mahajan
Release date(s)	January 01, 1976
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mrigayaa is an Indian film in Hindi, directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Kishor Bagri, was released in 1976. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty in his debut film which also won him the prestigious National Film Award for Best Actor. The movie portrayed the relationship between the British colonialists and native villagers, and their exploitation by Indian landlords in 1920's India. It also depicts the development of a friendship between a British administrator with a flair for game hunting, and a village man, who is an expert archer. This happens in the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.

Cast

• Mithun Chakraborty - Ghinua
• Mamata Shankar
• Asit Bandopadhyay
• Shekhar Chatterji
• Sadhu Meher
• Ganesh Mukherjee
• Anoop Kumar
• Sanjal
• Samit Bhanja
• Tom Alter

Awards

Won

• National Film Award for Best Film - Mrinal Sen
• National Film Award for Best Actor - Mithun Chakraborty

Nomination

• Moscow International Film Festival - Golden Prize - Mrinal Sen

External links

Mithun's portrayal of a Villager, won him the Best Actor National Award in his debut film.

• Mrigayaa at the Internet Movie Database
• A brief sketch at Mrinal Sen's website - http://mrinalsen.org/mrigaya.htm