The Royal Hunt (1977)
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.
Director:
Mrinal Sen
Writers:
Mohit Chattopadhyay, Mrinal Sen.
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Mithun Chakraborty as Ghinua |
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Mamata Shankar as Ghinua's Wife |
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Sadhu Meher as Bhuban Sardar |
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Robert Wright as British Administrator |
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Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay as |
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Sujal Roy Chowdhury as |
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Samit Bhanja as Rebel |
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Anoop Kumar as |
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Shekhar Chattopadhyay as |
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Ajit Banerjee as |
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Ajoy Bandyopadhyay as |
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Miki Kidwai as |
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Reba Roy Chowdhury as |
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Ann Wright as |
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Rekha Chatterjee as |
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Arati Das as |
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Asha Sen as |
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Gita Karmakar as |
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Shambhu Bhattacharya as |
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Mantu Ghosh as |
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Gurudas De as |
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Monu Mukherjee as |
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Khudiram Bhattacharya as |
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Dipak Bhattacharya as |
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Santi Chatterjee as |
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Noni Ganguly as |
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Supantha Bhattarcharya as |
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Paritosh Roy as |
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Girin Mitra as |
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Dadu Munda as |
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Nimai Ghosh as |
| Writing | Mohit Chattopadhyay | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mrinal Sen | Screenplay |
| Production | Rajeshwara Rao | Producer |
| Camera | K.K. Mahajan | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Mrinal Sen | Director |
| Writing | Bhagavati Charan Panigrahi | Short Story |
| Sound | Salil Chowdhury | Original Music Composer |