page_title: Mrigayaa
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Mrigayaa / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Mamata Shankar actor dancer choreographer by Monica Boirar aka Monica Beurer Deutsch: Mamata Shankar Schauspielerin, Tänzerin, Choreografin Foto Monica Boirar aka Monica Beurer
context_page_description: Mrigayaa is a 1976 Indian period drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by K. Rajeshwara Rao. It is based on a short story by Bhagbati Charan Panigrahi, called "Shikaar". The film portrayed the relationship between the British colonialists and native villagers, and their exploitation by Indian landlords in 1920s India. It also depicts the friendship between a British administrator, who has a flair for game hunting, and a native tribal, who is an expert archer. The lead actors, Mithun Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar, both made 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. 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.
context_section_description: Sen, who was making political films till then, decided to experiment on films that focus on personal relationships. He decided to film a village-based story. He incurred heavy losses from his previous venture Chorus (1974). He was not able to repay the loan owing to the film's financial failure. Mrigayaa was produced by K. Rajeshwara Rao. It was Sen's first colour film, and for the role of Ghinua, he wanted to cast a henman. Unable to find one, he happened to come across Mithun Chakraborty in one of his teaching sessions at the Film and Television Institute of India where the latter was a student. For the female lead, another newcomer, danseuse Mamata Shankar, Uday Shankar's daughter, was cast as Dungri. The post-production work was done at Madras.
caption: Mamata Shankar (pictured) made her acting debut through the film.[2]
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