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The Hunt 2025 
Synopsis
The Hunt
Mrigaya: The Hunt (Bengali pronunciation:) is a 2025 Indian Bengali-language neo-Western buddy cop action thriller film co-written and directed by Abhirup Ghosh. Produced by Tenth Dimension Entertainment, the film starts an ensemble cast of Ritwick Chakraborty, Vikram Chatterjee, Anirban Chakrabarti, Rezwan Rabbani Sheikh, Sourav Das, Priyanka Sarkar and Ananya Bhattacharjee in her debut, with Susmita Chatterjee in a special appearance. Based on a real-life murder of a Sonagachhi based prostitute in 2021, with heavy inspiration from the Bawaria cult (1995–2005), the story of the film is written by Debashish Dutta, the officer-in-charge of Maniktala Police Station, who was a part in investigating the original incident.
- Director
- Abhirup Ghosh
- Studio
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- Run time
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- Language
- Bengali
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- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Abhirup Ghosh
Trivia
- The film is based on a real-life murder of a Sonagachhi-based prostitute in 2021 and draws heavy inspiration from the Bawaria cult (1995–2005).
- The story was written by Debashish Dutta, the officer-in-charge of Maniktala Police Station, who was involved in investigating the original incident.
- Principal photography commenced in December 2024 and wrapped up in February 2025, with filming taking place in Kolkata, Howrah, and Jamshedpur.
- The film marks director Abhirup Ghosh's third collaboration with Anirban Chakrabarti and his second collaboration with Vikram Chatterjee.
- Ananya Bhattacharjee makes her acting debut in the film, while Susmita Chatterjee appears in a special appearance in the song 'Shor Machaa'.
- The film was theatrically released on 27 June 2025 and received critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of the West Bengal Police.
