Mrigayaa

Mrigayaa
Directed by	Mrinal Sen
Written by	Mohit Chattopadhyay Arun Kaul
Based on	Shikar by Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi
Produced by	K. Rajeshwara Rao
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Mamata Shankar Robert Wright Sadhu Meher Asit Bandopadhyay
Cinematography	K. K. Mahajan
Edited by	Gangadhar Naskar Raju Naik Dinkar Shetye
Music by	Salil Chowdhury
Release date	6 June 1976 (1976-06-06)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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,^[1] 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.