Created by Sc2353
Last edited March 4, 2026
UpdateBot (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
m updated details
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Aranyaka<br> अरण्यक
| name          = Aranyaka<br> अरण्यक
| image          =  
| image          =  
| image_size    =
| border        =
| alt            =  
| alt            =  
| caption        =  
| caption        =  
Line 22: Line 21:
| studio        =  
| studio        =  
| distributor    =  
| distributor    =  
| released      = 1994<!-- {{Film date|df=yes|Year|Month|Day|Location}} -->
| released      = {{Film date|1994}}
| runtime        = 84 min.
| runtime        = 84 min.
| country        = India
| country        = India
Line 30: Line 29:
}}
}}


'''Aranyaka''' (A Trip Into the Jungle) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1994|1994]] [[India]]n [[Hindi]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Apurba Kishore Bir]].<ref name="GulzarNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT665|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=665}}</ref> The film stars [[Sarat Pujari]], [[Navni Parihar]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]] and [[Mohan Gokhale]] in lead roles. Based on a short story ''Aranyaka'' by eminent writer Padma Bhushan Manoj Das, the film is set in rural [[Odisha, India|Odisha]], where a formal local ruler organizes a hunt for his invited guests, which goes wrong. The film highlights the clash between ruling class and indigenous people of the region.<ref>{{cite web| title = Meet the frownies |publisher= Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NhmgNVJ8qGK6HUBiRfp7fI/Movies--Meet-the-frownies.html|date= 28 September 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-04}}</ref>
'''Aranyaka''' (A Trip into the Jungle) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1994|1994]] Indian [[Hindi]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Apurba Kishore Bir]].<ref name="GulzarNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT665|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=665}}</ref> The film stars [[Sarat Pujari]], [[Navni Parihar]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]] and [[Mohan Gokhale]] in lead roles. Based on a short story ''Aranyaka'' by eminent writer Padma Bhushan Manoj Das, the film is set in rural [[Odisha]], where a formal local ruler organizes a hunt for his invited guests, which goes wrong. The film highlights the clash between ruling class and indigenous people of the region.<ref>{{cite web| title = Meet the frownies |publisher= Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NhmgNVJ8qGK6HUBiRfp7fI/Movies--Meet-the-frownies.html|date= 28 September 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-04}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
Line 54: Line 53:
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1990s psychological drama films]]
[[Category:1990s psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on short fiction]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian short stories]]
[[Category:Indian psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1994 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1994 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Apurba Kishore Bir]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]




{{1990s-Hindi-film-stub}}
{{1990s-Hindi-film-stub}}

Latest revision as of 04:56, 4 March 2026

Aranyaka
अरण्यक
Directed byApurba Kishore Bir
Produced byNFDC
Doordarshan
Written byApurba Kishore Bir
Based onAranyaka
by Manoj Das
StarringSarat Pujari
Navni Parihar
Sanjana Kapoor
Mohan Gokhale
Music byBhavdeep Jaipurwalle
CinematographyApurba Kishore Bir
Edited byDilip Panda
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
84 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aranyaka (A Trip into the Jungle) is a 1994 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Apurba Kishore Bir.[1] The film stars Sarat Pujari, Navni Parihar, Sanjana Kapoor and Mohan Gokhale in lead roles. Based on a short story Aranyaka by eminent writer Padma Bhushan Manoj Das, the film is set in rural Odisha, where a formal local ruler organizes a hunt for his invited guests, which goes wrong. The film highlights the clash between ruling class and indigenous people of the region.[2]

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • Sarat Pujari as Raja Saheb
  • Mohan Gokhale as Mr. Mitty
  • Lalatendu Rath as Major
  • Sanjana Kapoor as Elina
  • Navni Parihar as Mrs. Mitty
  • Sunil Sing as Shyamal
  • Subrata Mahapatra as Chowkidar
  • Jangyaseni Jena as Tribal girl
  • Ajay Nath as Tribal boy
  • Pritikrushna Mahanty as Tribal boy
  • Ashim Basu as Mad beggar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 665. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  2. "Meet the frownies". Livemint. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

External links[edit | edit source]